My personal struggles with prescription pill addiction (oxycontin+xannax) have put me in the hospital twice for a total of three months and one of those hospital visits almost took my life. I was have been prescribed xannax for 5 years and have been prescribed oxycontin on two or three different occasions due to injuries I have obtained while skiing. These two hospitalizations have led me to wonder if the relief of pain/anxiety is really worth the risk of addiction/death. I did not use any drugs until I was 18, but when I was introduced to oxycontin all hell broke loose.
I am currently making ceramic work about those who have had their life cut short due to prescription drugs. I’ve build these ceramic sculptures in such a way so they suggest anxiety while still holding themselves together, which reflects my life while I was using opiates.