Contents
Forward - Former Governor Ted Strickland
Introduction - Daniel Skinner & Berkeley Franz
Section One: Establishing Place
1. Ode to the Corner of the Drug House Down the Gravel Road Off the Two-lane Highway #29 - Darren C. Demaree (Columbus)
2. Reflections of a Recovery Writer - Annie Highwater (Grove City)
3. A Place for “Total Recovery” - Members of the Toledo Restoration Church (Toledo)
4. Building Community in the B. Riley Sober House - Rafael “Tony” Correa (Cleveland)
5. Walking Past Abandoned Houses, I Think of Eric - Barbara Biggs (Portsmouth)
6. How are the Children? - Joy Edgell (Belpre)
7. A Haven from Human Trafficking and Addiction - Jeff Barrows (Zanesfield)
8. A New Home - Mary Lynn St. Lawrence (Athens)
9. Collaboration in Middletown - Travis Bautz (Middletown)
10. Defiance, Ohio Is The Name Of A Band - Hanif Abdurraqib (Columbus)
11. A Heartache Not My Own - Caitlin Seida (The Plains)
Section Two: Processing Loss
12. What Addiction Gave Me - Tony Anders (Upper Arlington)
13. The Stories Make it Real: A Mayor in the Heart of the Opioid Epidemic - Nan Whaley (Dayton)
14. Jane’s Story - Kerri Mongenel (Ashtabula)
15. A Coach’s Regrets - Matt Dennison (New Philadelphia)
16. An Individual’s Addiction, A Family’s Loss - A.J., Jenna, Sherie, & Alan Steinberger (Highland Heights)
17. The Pain of Wanting to Help - Anonymous
18. My Reality at the Bedside - Hank Rossiter (Kidron)
19. What Happens Under the Overpass - Neil Carpathios (Portsmouth)
20. Community & Vulnerability - Brian Schweitzer (Columbus)
21. Remaking a Family - Chris, Estella, & Tyler Ferrell (Minford)
22. Dear Travis - Vicki Scharbach (Olmsted Falls)
23. Despair - Gerald E. Greene (Dayton)
Section Three: Making Sense
24. A Predictable & Utterly Preventable Catastrophe - Michael Henson (Cincinnati)
25. Standing Proud - Eric Ungaro (Poland)
26. Uncle Sugar - Anisi Daniels-Smith (Hiram)
27. Potential Energy - April Deacon (Wheelersburg)
28. The Road to Recovery - Alex Driehaus (Cincinnati)
29. From Felon to Law Enforcement: A Retrospective - Brandy E. Morris-Hafner (Chillicothe)
30. A Little Too Close to Home - Keith F. Durkin (Ada)
31. Deluded - Marty Helms (Cincinnati)
32. Opioid Encounters: Fragments from Training & Practice - Jenny Zamor (Columbus)
33. An Awakening - Joe Gay (Athens)
Section Four: Devising Solutions
34. This is Not the Medicine I Want to Practice: One Physician’s Journey to Heal, Not Harm - Katy Kropf (Athens)
35. Problem-Solving in Colerain Township - Daniel Meloy (Cincinnati)
36. The Buck Fifty - Dave Huggins, Chris Scott, & Angie Ferguson (Chillicothe)
37. Plans after Prison - Jonathan Becker (Akron)
38. Avoiding the Abyss - Sharon Parsons (Bexley)
39. All the Narcan in the World - David Keseg (Columbus)
40. PAUSE for Change - Nancy Pook (Dayton)
41. Reconnecting Through Rhythm: A Symphony & Recovery - Warren W. Hyer (Delaware)
42. Rural Challenges, Rural Solutions - Steven Martin, Amy Fanous, & Katie Westgerdes (Ada)
43. A Way Forward for Moms & Babies - Richard Massatti (Columbus)
44. From the Front Pages to the Front Lines - Darren Adams (Portsmouth)
Section Five: Challenging Assumptions
45. A Good Family - Christine Hunt (Russell Point)
46. Feral - Jessica Harper and Sarah Benedum (Madison)
47. Recovery Should Be Celebrated, Not Judged - Lacey Whitlatch (Athens)
48. Serve & Protect - Dennis Whaley (Toledo)
49. What Do Libraries Do? - Nick Tepe (Athens)
50. Confronting Stigma in Portsmouth - Traci Molloy
51. Everybody Played Along - Anonymous (Columbus)
52. The Making of a Public Health Emergency - Yvonka Marie Hall (Cleveland)
53. The Addict, A Human Being - Stephanie Kendrick (Athens)
