From Surviving to Thriving

Oxycodone Was my First Love and I Would Have Died for Her   When you think of a persons first love, rarely would you think that something like a narcotic pain-killer in OxyContin would fit the typical description. In my case though, Oxycodone (the active ingredient in OxyContin) was very much my first love and…

I Almost Died From Endocarditis- and I Had Never Heard of It One of the lesser-known complications of IV drug use, even among intravenous users is a disease called endocarditis. In 2016, I contracted bacterial endocarditis and it came within hours of killing me. In this post, I’m going to tell you what endocarditis is,…

Overdose Survivor is the Place For Addiction Hope This story starts around fifteen years ago as a seventh grader snorting Oxycodone in the bathroom of my local middle school. There’s so much in between that I could write three books about my opiate addiction and still never come close to touching on all of the…