The stresses of the holiday season can be especially difficult when you’re in recovery from addiction. As part of our series Overdosed, we don’t just want to tell you about problems. We’re looking at solutions. Monthly shots are helping Tampa Bay area people who are in long-term recovery from addiction get back to their normal lives. “I mean, you lose everything. Everything,” said Lauren Barone, who’s been getting monthly Sublocade injections for years. “I was really bad on heroin. And I just had enough. Enough was enough, and I knew I needed help.” Going through withdrawal from opiates is excruciating in the short term. But what people who haven’t been through it might not realize is it doesn’t end there; there are long-term withdrawal symptoms, too. MORE: https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/investigations/10-investigates/overdosed/tampa-bay-addiction-recovery-monthly-injections/67-b8f3f22b-0a4a-41ee-a0b1-f154bc910e62 ►Subscribe: https://on.wtsp.com/youtube ►Website: https://www.wtsp.com/ ►Facebook: https://facebook.com/10TampaBay ►Twitter: https://twitter.com/10TampaBay