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Life on Methadone: Lisa’s Honest Reflection on Addiction & Recovery | Modern America | Episode 8

For the past 20 years, Lisa has been caught in a cycle of addiction, methadone treatment, and homelessness. In this raw and emotional interview, she opens up about her struggles, her dreams, and the reality of being on methadone for over a decade—a lifeboat or a trap? ➡️ The Methadone Dilemma. Lisa started methadone thinking it would be temporary—13 years later, she’s still on it. Is it helping, or is it just keeping her stuck? ➡️ A System That Doesn’t Offer a Way Out. Lisa describes how public assistance programs provide temporary relief but fail to offer a real path to stability and independence. ➡️ Selling Fentanyl to Survive. Lisa admits to selling fentanyl to other users, grappling with the fear that she could be responsible for someone’s overdose. ➡️ A Life Interrupted. Once a University of Washington student, Lisa now struggles with homelessness and daily survival, questioning how she got here. ➡️ Hope & Regret. Despite everything, Lisa still dreams of a better life—one where she doesn’t wake up every morning needing methadone just to function. Lisa, now 55 years old, reflects on two decades of addiction—how a single choice led her to methadone, how she lost control of her future, and the heartbreaking realization that she has spent 20 years just surviving. From her early dreams of a college degree to her current reality of living in a homeless encampment, Lisa wants change—but doesn’t know where to start. Her story highlights the failures of harm reduction, the devastation of fentanyl, and the lack of real solutions for those caught in the system. If you or someone you love is struggling with addiction, this interview provides an unfiltered look at the reality of long-term methadone use and why the system isn’t working. 👉 Subscribe for more real, unfiltered conversations about addiction, recovery, and systemic failure.