“No matter what she did or how much she loved him she wasn’t able to save him”

A sister shares memory of her brother one year after she found him alone in his apartment in critical condition. He passed away a few days later in the hospital after he and his family made the mutual decision to...

Interview (2): "I didn't even know what the truth was anymore"

Jen: “The next person that I will be interviewing is someone close to me personally. She has been in a long-term relationship with someone has struggled with addiction and is now in recovery. In fact, she is the girlfriend of...

People know that drugs are dangerous, but people do them for the emotional high first, and the addiction comes later

Subject B talks about her experience with losing a past friend who she had graduated high school with. Rhian: “So who is it in relation to you that you’ve lost to drugs?” Subject B: “Um it was like, he was...

Story corps interview with Nate Morell
November 27, 2017 App Interview

Tess: My name is Theresa DiMona and I am 18 years old and today is November 9th and I’m speaking with Nate Morell who is my social club advisor and we are recording this interview in Galloway, NJ. So, Nate...

"I would really try to have a normal life but I felt like it followed me around like a dark cloud" by Gianna Frohman

Me: So I’m here today with.. Jamie: Jamie! Me: And we’re going to be doing the stigma free project interview to help break the stigma regarding substance use and yeah, alright so I guess we can start from the beginning...

Table talk with Britt

Interview with a woman who has overcome addiction, homelessness, and beaten all odds. Through faith, compassion, and love for life.

Andrey MacCracken & Harold "Bear" Cubbage

Andrey's mother died in childbirth and his father died on his way to the hospital. Andrey and his brother went to live their grandparents. At 8 y-o, Andreys grandparents could no longer afford to care for both boys and Andrey...

War Zone

I was interviewing my brother about his two year mission in Detroit. I was asking about his harsh living standards, what he loved, what he missed from home. Who helped him along the way, and how he got through it...

Common Ground Tacony Oral History Project: Rich

Rich, a longtime resident, of Tacony is now caretaker an abandoned and overgrown citygarden in Keystone Park. Working his whole life as a contractor and 22 years in recovery, Rich talks about his experiences living through addiction to then building...

Ed Rehak Czechoslovakian history

My great uncle Ed recalls memories from early childhood during the depression as well as cultural aspects from his Czechoslovakian ancestry.

Closing down smoking industries

Smoking is bad. Many people don’t truly understand the consequence of smoking till the end up sick. I believe the industries should be closed, but they too much of a profit that why even close it down?

Russell Interviewing Nikolle about losing her brother

This is Russell Paretzky interviewing Nikolle Vollmer who is it in relation to you that you have lost to drugs was it sudden or was there signs of the issue all right there question is how has this changed your...

A talk with my father

In the interview we talked about my dads younger childhood and what made him who he is today

Cheryl Michaels and Jacquie Michaels

Cheryl sat down with her daughter, Jacquie, to speak about the drug addiction she witnessed with her sister. Since experiencing this struggle up close, Cheryl reflects on how addiction can effect everybody and anybody. Situations like these can foster lots...

Addiction Interview #2

KP: This morning I’m with my friend’s sister, speaking a bit with her about her heroin addiction. I’d actually like to ask you about what you think the hardest thing about addiction is? NA: Well, when I relapsed after getting...

Grace Smith

Grace talks about her childhood.

"When people think of narcotic addiction, they don’t necessarily think of a prominent vascular surgeon…but addiction has no boundaries."

One to One seeks to create experiences that connect people to stories through conversations, allowing them to feel seen. This conversation between neighbors features Amy Musone and Steve Heird, Addiction Has No Boundaries.

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Teresa Suganski and Mary Claire Whelan

Teresa Suganski (61) and her daughter, Mary Claire Whelan (25), share a conversation remembering Mary Claire’s father.