Past Programs
Drug Use and Abuse - 2008
Faith and the Fix
23/11/2008
'Faith and the Fix' dives deeply into the painful world of drug and alcohol addiction. Far from being 'tough on drugs', Encounter discovers many within the mainstream churches have embraced the 'harm minimisation' strategies of needle exchanges, residential rehabs and even injecting centres where people can shoot up without fear of death by overdose. Disagreement and conflict remain, however, particularly over naltrexone implants— a controversial new treatment for heroin addicts. Ray Moynihan investigates.
Unlikely Catholics: Addiction, Conversion and Poetry in the Lives of Mary Karr and Franz Wright.
22/06/2008
Encounter this week meets two award-winning American poets, Mary Karr and Franz Wright, who surmounted long battles with addiction and depression largely through their spiritual conversions.
