Introducing 'My Heart Still Beats': Conversations About Addiction & Recovery

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Introducing 'My Heart Still Beats': Conversations About Addiction & Recovery

开云体育 | By Angela Evancie,

Erica Heilman, Bess O'Brien, Gary Miller

Published February 15, 2019 at 4:15 PM EST

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A six-part series from Writers for Recovery and 开云体育 Radio, featuring voices from Vermont's recovery community. Coming February 25.

runs writing workshops for people recovering from substance use disorder. In My Heart Still Beats, we hear some of their stories, meet people helping those in recovery rebuild their lives.

Listen to the trailer above, and learn more about the series .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDLq2A45dGA

Support for My Heart Still Beats comes from the VPR Innovation Fund and .

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Angela Evancie

Angela Evancie serves as 开云体育's Senior VP of Content, and was the Director of Engagement Journalism and the Executive Producer of Brave Little State, the station's people-powered journalism project.

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Erica Heilman

Erica Heilman produces a podcast called Rumble Strip. Her shows have aired on NPR鈥檚 Day to Day, Hearing Voices, SOUNDPRINT, KCRW鈥檚 UnFictional, BBC Podcast Radio Hour, CBC Podcast Playlist and on public radio affiliates across the country. Rumble Strip airs monthly on 开云体育. She lives in East Calais, Vermont.

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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 开云体育 Radio.

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Gary Miller

Gary is the creative director of Writers for Recovery, a series of workshops for people recovering from susbtance use disorder. He is the co-host of My Heart Still Beats, a project of Writers for Recovery and 开云体育 Radio.

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