The Scariest Thing About Addiction

Glenna Gill
Nov 5 · 7 min read

The risks I took to get my fix.

Photo by Tobias Tullius on Unsplash

There was a time in my life when I loved opiates more than anything. I put them above my job, my shelter and food, and worst of all my own family. As long as I had a pill in my system, I could happily take part in the world. If I didn’t get one, I’d weep and yell and obsess over it. That’s the way it was from the moment my husband put the first pill in my mouth late one…

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My new memoir, “When I Was Lost,” is available now. Stay in touch with me at www.glennagill.com

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