Bess O'Brien
Bess O'Brien is a documentary filmmaker and the producing director of Writers for Recovery, a series of workshops for people recovering from susbtance use disorder. She is the co-host of My Heart Still Beats, a project of Writers for Recovery and Vermont Public Radio.
Learn more about Bess here.
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"When you have anxiety, or chronic depression, your mind is constantly going. And I tried opiates and realized that my brain was just quiet for a little…
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"When you're told over and over, 'Your child's a problem child — he's bad, he's bad, he's bad, he's bad!' ... You believe your kid's bad."Note: This…
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"There were three things you could be good at: fighting, drinking or sports. So, I stink at sports. I can't fight. But I guess I can drink."In this…
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"You’re right, I probably do deserve to be in jail the rest of my life. Or, I do deserve to give my life for hers. But since I can’t, let’s save somebody…
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"I think in the past, people would say, 'Look. People don’t want to talk about this.' ... And the truth is, people want to talk about this stuff, if you…
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"We're not alone. People who have this addiction, and people who love people who have this addiction — we're not alone."In this episode of My Heart Still…
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A six-part series from Writers for Recovery and Vermont Public Radio, featuring voices from Vermont's recovery community. Coming February 25. Writers for…