addiction – Hackney Citizen

‘I’ve never had this sort of help’: Support services praised as drug-related deaths in Hackney fall to lowest level in a decade

By Marion Weaver | Tuesday 6 December 2022 at 10:29

Borough bucks national trend after receiving £1 million in government funding

‘Life is way more fun when you’re clean’: Local author Michele Kirsch on her prize-winning memoir about addiction

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 14 July 2020 at 20:33

The Citizen spoke to Kirsch after she was awarded the prestigious Christopher Bland Prize for her ‘beautifully crafted’ book

Clean, Michele Kirsch, book review: ‘Harrowing and hilarious anatomy of addiction’

By Sarah Birch | Tuesday 19 March 2019 at 17:07

The Hackney-based writer’s engaging memoir is ‘part confession, part attempt to come to terms with a life misspent’