by Amanda Bocchi | January 3, 2019 | News | 0 Comments

*artwork by Jaimie Phillips Ladies and Gentlemen, these are the events that lead up to the disappearance and subsequent death of the infamous black widow, Ms. Janice Flowers.  Readers direction: you've been...

by Amanda Bocchi | September 19, 2018 | Blog | 2 Comments

‘It’ll get you well’ is an expression used by heroin addicts and dealers to indicate that a ‘brand’ of dope will not get you high, but it will stave off dope sickness, thereby making you well. Charlotte,​...

by Amanda Bocchi | October 3, 2017 | Blog | 29 Comments

Dope sick. For the better part of a decade, I battled opiate addiction. My struggle started like it did for many addicts: OxyContin (OC), in the early 2000’s, flooded the streets of Atlanta. I was 19, living...

by Amanda Bocchi | September 19, 2018 | Blog | 2 Comments

‘It’ll get you well’ is an expression used by heroin addicts and dealers to indicate that a ‘brand’ of dope will not get you high, but it will stave off dope sickness, thereby making you well. Charlotte,​ ​NC​ ​2014 How​ ​can​ ​I​ ​describe​ ​the​ ​particulars​ ​of...

by Amanda Bocchi | October 3, 2017 | Blog | 29 Comments

Dope sick. For the better part of a decade, I battled opiate addiction. My struggle started like it did for many addicts: OxyContin (OC), in the early 2000’s, flooded the streets of Atlanta. I was 19, living without caution or consequence after leaving the structure...