Amy’s Story explains her experience with opioid use disorder following the death of her husband. There were limited resources in her rural East Tennessee county for people struggling with addiction and Amy felt stigmatized for opioid use. Over the course of 10 years, Amy seemed to try everything to stop taking drugs but her efforts did not lead to long-term recovery. She eventually moved to Knoxville as a last resort and entered a halfway house. This resource finally allowed her to learn new ways of coping and reenvision her life without drugs.
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