STICK WITH THE WINNERS! –
March 10, 2026 – Rabbi Michael Perice is known nationally for his advocacy work on addiction and mental health and publicly shared his own story of recovery from opioid addiction in 2021. Rabbi Perice has served as an advisory board member for Safe House, an overdose prevention non-profit, and the City of Philadelphia through the Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual Disability Services on issues related to addiction and mental health. Rabbi Perice is committed to ending the stigma of addiction in the United States.
Q. If you are in recovery, what was your drug(s) of choice and when is your sobriety date?
A. My drugs of choice were OxyContin and Fentanyl. My sobriety date is April 2011.
Q. Do you think addiction is an illness, disease, a choice, or a wicked twist of fate?
A. All of the above. Addiction is a paradox. On the one hand no one would ever want to be an addict. No one would ever dream of living this life. And yet, we are the very reason things need to change. Only we can change our lives.
