Coping with addiction can seem unfathomable to most people. Now imagine you’re the one actually going through the withdrawals. What outlet would you choose?

If you walked into Montgomery County Community College’s West Campus lately, you may have noticed some unusual décor, writes Marian Dennis for The Mercury in Pottstown.

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Hanging from the ceiling of the college’s North Hall building, 16 E. High St., are thousands of glassine bags that serve as a chandelier of sorts and as the centerpiece for the college’s temporary art exhibit. The installment is called “4642,” intended to represent the number of people who lost their lives to opioid or heroin addiction in Pennsylvania in 2016, the story continues.

The art installment is part of a larger exhibition called The Art of Recovery, which features about 50 creations that were done by former prisoners and individuals in recovery from drug addiction associated with the Brush with the Law Program. The non-profit arts program aims to bring awareness and understanding of people who experience the effects of addiction and the criminal justice system.

As guests walk through the exhibit, they come across walls of art work of all different kinds. While some artists chose to express themselves through acrylic paints, others opted for collage work. At the end of one of the gallery walls is a board that displays hand written notes from those who have either struggled from addiction or known someone who has. The notes offer small glimpses of how addiction has made them feel or how it has affected their lives.

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