Recovering Hope, a cleveland.com series We've told the stories of families who have lost loved ones to heroin and opioid addiction. We produced "Heroin's Human Toll," a series of stories about how opioid deaths have rocked grieving families.
Now, we turn our gaze to recovery. This year, cleveland.com reporters will tell stories of people battling to break free from the clutches of addiction. We're calling it "Recovering Hope."
This series highlights journeys to overcome opioid addiction: Tell us your stories
- Toothache sends former Westlake nurse down road of opioid addiction and recovery
- Cleveland man in heroin recovery wants 'a better life of living'
Sandusky woman survived five heroin overdoses, now in recovery
"I was basically using heroin to live," Warner said. "That's not how I wanted my life to end up. I knew I had to get better."
Broadview Heights woman's heroin addiction leads to suicide attempt and recovery
"I made the decision to live," she said. "This time I was very strong at wanting to change everything and I did. I came home and I changed everything. I cut off ties with people, I surrounded myself with good people who are in recovery."
Cleveland man who used heroin since high school overcomes overdose and loss
He was a normal suburban student at Independence High School when he got that first painkiller prescription. He took one pill -- and then the whole bottle.
Radio host battles opiate addiction for wife, daughter
Pawley Bornstein sat in his pill dealer's home with his pill dealer's son. The former WMMS radio show host waited for his oxycodone pills, and boy leaned over and whispered: "Help me. My dad beats me."
Mentor woman says judge's prison sentence pivotal in heroin recovery
For more than five months Jennifer Hlad was clean and free of addiction. But part of a half gram of heroin bought on Cleveland's East Side for about $80 would be her last high and set her on the road to recovery.
Heroin addiction left woman living alone on street while pregnant
Chelsea Callaway was five months pregnant with her third child, living alone on the street and staring down a long, cold winter when she finally admitted heroin ruined her life.
Near-fatal crash was low moment of woman's struggle with opioid addiction
Stephanie Battison reached the nadir of her heroin addiction when she crashed her car into a telephone pole with her infant daughter in the back seat.
Cleveland man in heroin recovery wants 'a better life of living'
Austin Kincaid spent six-months in jail after he moved to West Virginia to live with his father and address his heroin addiction.
Toothache sends former Westlake nurse down road of opioid addiction and recovery
A five milligram oxycodone pill was enough to make former University Hospitals nurse Amanda DeSena an addict.
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