In June 2018, I spoke with John Patrick Hart, who goes by Pat, a retired father from Maryland. Two of his four sons developed problems with drugs and alcohol. His older son died after many years of use, and his youngest went from detox to a long stay in recovery in West Palm Beach.
In June 2018, I spoke with David Hecht, a writer on spirituality who has been in recovery for more than three decades through a 12-step fellowship. At the time, much of my practice had become care for people with opioid use disorder, and I wanted to hear how he would talk to someone who was just starting out.
In May 2018, I spoke with Orlando Castro, the program director of an inpatient adolescent unit at a hospital in South Miami. His unit cares for young people aged 12 to 17 in crisis.
In May 2018, I spoke with Adam Bisaga, MD, an addiction psychiatrist, researcher, and professor of psychiatry at Columbia University, about his new book, Overcoming Opioid Addiction: The Authoritative Medical Guide for Patients, Families, Doctors, and Therapists.
In May 2018, I spoke with B. Flakelar, an Australian writer whose article about growing up as the family scapegoat had been shared with me on social media. I read it, then read the comments underneath, and saw person after person say that she had told their story.
In April 2018, I spoke with Randall Scott White, an entrepreneur, musician, father, and first-time filmmaker. He was building a documentary called A Fine Wife about his late wife, Michelle, and his family's long struggle with bipolar disorder, depression, mania, substance use, and suicide.
In April 2018, I spoke with Christopher Emmons, a writer, director, and composer who grew up in Milwaukee and studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. I first found his work through Prone, a short film that tells two stories side by side.
In April 2018, I spoke with Anna Yusim, MD, a psychiatrist in private practice in New York City and the author of Fulfilled: How the Science of Spirituality Can Help You Live a Happier, More Meaningful Life.
In April 2018, I spoke with Seth Silverton, a business consultant and sustainability educator from the midcoast of Maine. He has spent much of his career bringing people together, through storytelling events, a sustainability school, and an anonymous charity that delivered organic food to families who needed it.
In March 2018, I spoke with Carolyn Hannan Bell, a psychotherapist in South Jersey who works with families living with a member's drinking or drug use. Her new picture book, Dad's Addiction, was the third in her Helping Children Understand series.