Share Your Story

You do not need to be in recovery to share here. If harm reduction touched your life — yours, someone you loved, someone you helped — that is enough.

What kinds of stories do we publish?

The first time you used naloxone — or had it used on you
What walking into a needle exchange was actually like
Using fentanyl test strips for the first time
Watching someone you love navigate the drug supply
A poem about addiction, loss, survival, or love
What harm reduction workers see that no one talks about
The moment something shifted — even a little

Your name or pseudonym * How you want to appear on the site (or anonymous)

Your email * Private — we contact you before anything is published

Title * Can be simple — or you can call it Untitled

Format

Your story * 200 words to 5,000. Write it the way it sounds in your head.

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About anonymity: If you check the box below, your piece will be published with "By Anonymous" — your name will never appear. Your email is never published regardless.

Publish this anonymously — do not use my name

I wrote this myself and I give Harm Reduction Finder permission to publish it on this website. I understand I will be contacted before it goes live. *

✓ Thank you. We received your story and will review it carefully. We will reach out at the email you provided before anything goes live.

What happens after you submit:
Your story goes into a private review queue — only the site administrators can see it. We read everything. If we have questions or suggested edits, we reach out to you first. Nothing is published without your approval. The only things we change without asking are typos and formatting — and we will always tell you what changed. If it is not a fit, we will tell you that too.