Junkies Don’t Exist
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I’ll never forget the time a relative casually called me a “junkie,” as I organised my collection of drugstore makeup…
Posts by M. L. Lanzillotta
The Problem With Viewing Addiction As Inevitable
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I won’t deny that accepting the one real inevitability in life (i.e., that all mortals must eventually die) is philosophically…
Defining Recovery Beyond Sobriety
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A note before I begin: recovery is a personal and loaded concept. This essay isn’t intended to be a definite…
Only Drug User Solidarity Will End Prohibition
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People who take prescribed opioids or other heavily stigmatised drugs sourced from a doctor try hard to differentiate themselves from…
What I Wish Someone Had Said to Me When I Started Using Drugs
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When I began using drugs, I didn’t have anyone I could safely go to for advice or help. Nobody in…