Episode 507: Benzos Addiction and Recovery with Melissa Bond

<p dir="ltr">We have another thrilling and exciting interview for you today around recovery. Melissa Bond joins me to discuss her story of addiction and recovery from benzodiazepines, more specifically, Ambien. Melissa is a narrative journalist and poet. In the years of her dependence on benzodiazepines, she has blogged and become a regular contributor for Mad in America. She is also the author of the memoir Blood Orange Night where she writes about becoming dependent upon and then withdrawing from benzodiazepines. </p> <p dir="ltr">Some of the topics we discussed include:</p> <ul> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Melissa shares her story of addiction to benzodiazepines and how it affected her life with her family (5:53)</p> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“Benzos are the thieves that take everything.” (21:29)</p> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">How Melissa decided to withdraw from benzos and took it upon herself to do it (24:19)</p> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Identifying as an addict and why as a culture we must ask, “What is addiction?” (38:12)</p> </li> </ul> <p><a href= "http://andreaowen.com/507">http://andreaowen.com/507</a></p> <p> </p> <p> </p>