228: Attention Must Be Paid to Women Lost in the Opioid Crisis with Debra Gonsher Vinik

The Addicted Mind Podcast

Duane Osterlind, LMFT

Health & Fitness, Medicine, Mental Health

4.8 • 621 Ratings

🗓️ 10 April 2023

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

About four years ago, in the face of what little did she know was going to be an increasing horror show in terms of deaths due to opioid use, Debra Gonsher Vinik decided to do a documentary on the opioid crisis. She also wanted to put the spotlight on women because, as she says, women are almost absent in terms of the media coverage of what's going on. Since 1999, we have lost over 200,000 women to the opioid crisis.

On this episode, Duane and Debra take a deep dive into her new documentary, Attention Must Be Paid: Women Lost in The Opioid Crisis. Addiction is so stigmatized that the idea of women coming forward is a big thing. These brave women featured in the documentary have put aside any concern or worry about other people's perception of them so they can speak their truth and their story in order to help other women. Hopefully, other women who will watch this can also relate and feel that, after all, they’re not alone.

In this episode, you will hear:

The psychological dependence on opioid addiction
The story of a mother who didn’t want to film
The most explicit recipe for tragedy
The story of two women from different walks of life

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0:00.0	Hello, everyone. Welcome to the Addicted Mind podcast. My name is Dwayne Austerlund, and we are on to another episode.
0:13.2	So we've talked often about the opioid epidemic and the cost of so many people's lives. Over 200,000 women have died from an opioid-related overdose since 1991.
0:26.9	That's more than the population of many major cities,
0:29.9	but in many ways, no one seems to know or very much care about it.
0:35.0	And this is where our guest comes in today, Deborah Gontravenik. She is the
0:39.1	writer and producer of 21 documentaries. 12 have been nominated for Emmys and she has won six
0:45.4	times. All of her work focuses on social justice issues. Her latest project is titled
0:50.7	Attention Must Be Paid, Women Lost in the Opioid Crisis.
0:54.5	In this interview, Deborah is going to talk about what motivated her to take on this documentary
0:58.8	in this topic.
1:00.3	She's going to share what her experience was like in creating it and doing these interviews
1:06.0	of women who have been lost to the opioid epidemic and give them a voice and really advocate for women
1:13.9	and care for women who have been marginalized by the treatment community. She's going to share a little
1:20.5	bit of her experience in creating it, what she learned about it, and why it was so important for her
1:25.9	to address specifically women and addiction
1:29.8	treatment. I would definitely encourage everyone to watch this documentary. It's great. The women in
1:35.5	it share their story so openly. And as we were talking in the podcast, it is such a mix of
1:42.5	sadness and tragedy and loss and also at the same time, so much hope
1:48.1	as well. So I hope you enjoy this episode as much as I did. And if you are enjoying the
1:54.4	Addicted Mind podcast, you're getting a lot out of it. Please share it with a friend or write a
1:58.5	review on iTunes. It really just help the podcast get a lot of exposure.
2:02.7	And now you can find us on Instagram at Addicted Mind Podcast.
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