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overcoming opioid addiction
February 22, 2021March 30, 2021Michelle Caha

overcoming opioid addiction

I became addicted to opiates in 2001, through continued use of them after major medical surgeries. I had three back surgeries – fusions/laminectomies, and the removal of a blood clot that developed during second surgery. This clot did nerve damage and left me with a limp and weakness on my right side. The pain, after […]

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February 20, 2021May 3, 2021Michelle Caha

the eating disorder unit

“Who has to pee?”  All hands went up, including mine. We were like cattle, the herd all moving toward the front of the room. I was starting to get used to the rules here and took my place in the back of the line. This was not the worst thing about being here, I thought, […]

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person smoking cigarette
September 9, 2018May 3, 2021Michelle Caha

excerpt from the truth about honor

7:52am, NOVEMBER 12, 1990 I knew there’d be people outside with signs.  It was 8 in the morning, and we were parking in a covered lot.  It was very cold.  I looked at him from the passenger seat and desperately tried to think of something…ANYTHING to say that would make him love me. “You know…. […]

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