{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Recovery News | Mental Health & Addiction Recovery","title":"The Maine Monitor: Her Addiction Started After a C-Section; Her Recovery Began in Jail ","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":216,"description":"When we look at the origins of the American prescription drug epidemic, the starting line for millions of individuals wasn't a underground market or a risky recreational habit. It was a routine visit to a doctor's office, a standard surgical procedure, or a prescription bottle sent home without a clear warning about how fast physical dependency can take hold. According to a deeply moving investigative profile published by The Maine Monitor, that exact story unfolded for Audrey Condon when she was just nineteen years old. After giving birth to her first child via C-section, she was discharged with a large bottle of Percocet to manage her post-surgical pain. With no warning about the addictive nature of opioids, that single prescription launched a nearly two-decade-long struggle with substance use, custody battles, and repeated arrests—a cycle that only finally broke when she entered a correctional facility taking a radically different approach to healthcare.\nFor years, Condon’s life moved through brief periods of sobriety followed by severe relapses. Her dependency transitioned from prescription pills to street drugs and alcohol, eventually leading to multiple arrests and the heartbreaking loss of custody of her children. Like tens of thousands of individuals nationwide, her struggle with addiction became inextricably linked with the criminal justice system. Historically, entering a county jail meant enduring forced, painful withdrawal or receiving minimal temporary support that left individuals acutely vulnerable to fatal overdoses the moment they walked out the front doors. But when Condon was booked into the Franklin County Detention Center in Farmington, Maine, she was introduced to an innovative treatment model.\nFranklin County was one of the first rural jails in the state to deploy monthly extended-release buprenorphine injections, known as Sublocade, to incarcerated individuals struggling with opioid use disorder. Unlike traditional daily oral medications...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/1HMwgudOv-9iLP25S2rFy3To1lXT_m4L2ceV1SNYp_k/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS83NWQ4/NzUyZmIxMzg4YjVk/YzI2NWVkOGVkYmQ0/NzBkOC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}