addiction

For six months I was a heavy user, a big spender, the girl who let her boyfriend snort lines off her ass and tits. For six months, I fell into cocaine culture, and then, just as suddenly, I fell back out.

"Certainly, my life as an alcoholic was not what most would imagine. I was a writer, living in the West Village of New York City, enrolled in a prestigious graduate program and working on a book. At least, this was my cover story."

We are all one bad fall, one car accident, one bodily breakdown from living within a place that is largely unimaginable to those who aren't there.

If you ask us, rabbits have always seemed a little  . . . high-strung.

comedian. recovering addict. mental health advocate.

My mother didn't teach me how to be a mother. But my babies did.

fledgling author. stigma-defier. former addict.

As someone who was addicted to Adderall for most of my life, I have to ask: Why are doctors writing dangerous prescriptions?