CHILLICOTHE, Ohio — Nine women live in the little house by the tracks. They’re sharing three bedrooms and a single bathroom. They rise each day at 6 a.m. and then get into a van to ride a half-mile to all-day group therapy. At dusk they’ll be back, typically sitting on the porch, smoking cigarettes, and watching the trains go by.
It’s a nice little ritual, and routines like this — “repetition and reward,” as counselors say — are encouraged for people in recovery from heroin and opioid addiction.
These women dream of returning to normal life. Several have children but lack custody of them. In the grip of addiction, they traded away what they loved most in life for transient jolts of euphoria.
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