Podcast: "I am woman. Hear me roar."

Written by Eliza Player on Friday, 04 May 2012.

This podcast is dedicated to all the women in recovery.

"Bomb-Ass Dope" and How It Changed My Life by Eliza Player

Reading the article about an unusually high number of heroin overdose deaths in South Carolina, I was struck with a host of feelings and emotions. Officials believe these deaths could be attributed to a more pure heroin, and my mind started thinking about it all. I was transported back to one of my experiences with the "bomb-ass dope," and I realized that it changed my life.

April 27 2012 | Read More
“To Thine Own Self Be True” by Eliza Player by Eliza Player

“To thine own self be true.”
William Shakespeare is credited with this quote. “To thine own self be true.” This is Polonius’s advice to his son Laertes, as he boards a boat to Paris. In Elizabethan times, this phrase was not simply the phrase of self-acknowledgment that it appears to be.

April 03 2012 | No Comments | Read More

Soul Coughing Frontman Publishes Memoir, “The Book of Drugs.”

Mike Doughty, front man for the 90s band, Soul Coughing, speaks out in his new book, “The Book of Drugs.” Soul Coughing rose to fame in the beginning of the alternative rock era, with singles like “Super Bon Bon” and “Circles.” According to The Metro West Daily News, Doughty was only 22 when the band formed, and eight years later they broke up.

April 02 2012 | Read More

Aunt Charged After Bath Salts Found

A Fort Wayne infant became ill after being in a car with people smoking bath salts. According to The Journal Gazette , police officers responded to a call of a “person down” at a local Wendy’s. Police found the sister of the “person down,” holding the infant. After she left the bathroom, officers found 2 packets of bath salts behind a trash can.

March 28 2012 | Read More

Who Is To Blame For Whitney Houston’s Death? by Eliza Player

The media swirls around the news of Whitney Houston’s death, telling the story from so many perspectives. Her friends, family, and colleagues talk about their loss. Even the Obama Administration mentioned Whitney’s death, prompting discussion of substance abuse in our country and even leaving a memorial to her on Congressional Record. We all whisper about Whitney, while we watch her story unfold.

April 02 2012 | Read More