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I needed help for years, but I was too afraid to admit that I couldn't control my alcoholism. Uncertainty awoke with me every morning — pending doom lurked around every corner.

Do Nurses Struggle When Caring for the Addict?

April 23, 2019

I hope someday there will be a cure for this disease. Where there is life there is hope. My name is Kate Genovese, and I have been a registered nurse for over thirty years.

Getting the Word on Opioid Abuse Out Via Music and the Written Word

February 18, 2019

The dictionary defines peace as "freedom from disturbance; tranquility." With Kate Genovese's book and Boston band 3D's "Everything But Peace," the conversation on the opioid crisis begins.

Press Release: Hat Tricks from Heaven

January 17, 2019

Woburn author Kate Genovese publishes Hat Tricks from Heaven, a poignant book aimed at helping families dealing with drug addiction — a mother's story of joy, devastation, loss and inspiration.

Addiction and Its Impact on the News

January 15, 2019

National Public Radio published two opioid epidemic articles in January 2019. With fentanyl added to the mix, the result is a highly addictive, cheap and deadly combination.

In Memory of Irene (Renie) Carver

January 24, 2018

I stand in the doorway of life and death, at the cauldron of uncertainty and unknowing, I am a salmon who found my way home, a place I began and a place I will end my earth walk.

Most Difficult Event in My Life

September 19, 2017

When my son Christopher John Genovese "Geno" died of an accidental overdose, I felt my world would end. He was 30 years old and we still hung out together through good and not so good times.

One Good Tree — a book by Irene Isobel Carver

March 16, 2017

A great book written by my sister Irene. One Good Tree covers the years from 1948–1975 — her life with Paul, sent to Viet Nam twice, who came home addicted to heroin in 1971.