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What addiction feels like in the body and mind

What does it feel like to crave drugs or alcohol? What kind of pain does withdrawal create? These are the kinds of questions ¿ªÔÆÌåÓý's Erica Heilman asked Vermonters experiencing active drug addiction for of her award-winning podcast Rumble Strip.

Katie Jones, a Barre recovery coach with Turning Point Center of Central Vermont, helps listeners process the episode and shares her own experiences with recovery.

Broadcast live on Monday, October 28, 2024, at noon; rebroadcast at 7 p.m.

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Mikaela Lefrak is the host and senior producer of Vermont Edition. Her stories have aired nationally on Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Weekend Edition, Marketplace, The World and Here & Now. A seasoned local reporter, Mikaela has won two regional Edward R. Murrow awards and a Public Media Journalists Association award for her work.
Andrea Laurion joined ¿ªÔÆÌåÓý as a news producer for Vermont Edition in December 2022. She is a native of Pittsburgh, Pa., and a graduate of the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies in Portland, Maine. Before getting into audio, Andrea worked as an obituary writer, a lunch lady, a wedding photographer assistant, a children’s birthday party hostess, a haunted house actor, and an admin assistant many times over.
Erica Heilman produces a podcast called Rumble Strip. Her shows have aired on NPR’s Day to Day, Hearing Voices, SOUNDPRINT, KCRW’s UnFictional, BBC Podcast Radio Hour, CBC Podcast Playlist and on public radio affiliates across the country. Rumble Strip airs monthly on ¿ªÔÆÌåÓý. She lives in East Calais, Vermont.