Vocabulary:

journey drugs alcohol to be addicted to heroin to live on the streets West Palm Beach recovery to get clean to be in pain Delray halfway house sober house block to be in recovery without the intention of community resources to stay to make some place home to go through a program to decide to to go back to school to get a high school education college graduate studies license

substance abuse KoffeeOkee coffeehouse similar to the 60s to feed in need courtyard to socialize therapists to share to top one another to shoot dope turkey baster to spend to be the difference between life and death hours ago to be "terminated" Oxycontin overdose outcome devastating to prostitute oneself to be no longer there to be controlled exorcism patient

Listening comprehension questions:
1. What substances was the narrator addicted to, at what ages?
2. The narrator thinks that when she first arrived in West Palm Beach in 1981 for recovery, she really wanted what, but was not ready to do what?
3. What are halfway houses and sober houses?
4. Many people originally don't plan on staying in Delray, but eventually do end up staying for what reasons?
5. What did the narrator do after deciding she wanted to help other people?
6. What examples of the functions of KoffeeOkee does the narrator give?
7. How much time does the narrator usually spend at KoffeeOkee, and why does she spend so much time there?
8. a. What is meant by "topping one another"? b. What is a turkey baster usually used for, and why is mention of it funny in this context?
9. According to the narrator, what happens to a person once they are addicted to a drug?