Eliza Player

I left college before graduating in a snowstorm of psychedelics and stimulants, before gravitating towards the underbelly of New Orleans. I lived a number of years saturated in Jameson and heroin, making my living stripping my way down Bourbon, searching for my next fix. As Hurricane Katrina approached, I did not even consider evacuating, and those 13 dark days following the storm eventually began my path to recovery. Clean for five years now, I write about addiction and recovery. I finally graduated from college, with a BA in Mass Communication and a minor in Journalism. I worked for a few small newspapers before landing a gig writing and curating news for RecoveryNowTV. That position opened up a lot of doors for me, and led me to partneri

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