In February, Dr. Demetropoulos became the mayor of Pascagoula, a Gulf Coast city of about 21,000 people. She and her boyfriend, Chris Keeton, who is also in recovery, have cleaned the house so thoroughly it practically gleams. The couple’s gazes are fixed on the Facebook session, hosted by a local drug recovery group called Raw Addiction. Kathy Newman, a drug treatment counselor nearly nine years in recovery, urged viewers like Ms. Kamer to stick with the program. April 6th will be 18 months clean from shooting up.

Source: New York Times April 04, 2020 18:15 UTC