Hello, my name is Ashley May. My sobriety date is April 9th 2016. I am a recovering heroin/crack addict. I started using drugs 14 years ago and "hard drugs" I started using 10 years ago. During my addiction, I have tried to get sober on my own many times, all unsuccessful. I...

I started drinking at the age of 37. Before that my addiction was food. I had a gastric bypass in 2001 and in 2005 started my downward spiral of alcohol and other drugs. In 6 short years, I divorced my husband of 18 years, my kids moved out of state to live with my sister, I...

If you asked anyone five to ten years ago where I would be in ten years, you would likely get answers like “in jail”, “strung out”, or “dead.” Back then, I was stuck in addiction. Every move I made was somehow connected to getting my next fix. Heroin is a powerful drug. And...

My mom, Jessica Geschke, asked me if I wanted to share from a kid’s perspective what it is like to have an uncle addicted to drugs. I know that this is important because people are struggling and we need to help them. I found out that my Uncle was addicted a few years ago when...

My name is Rebecca Zwicker and I am a woman in long term recovery. At the age of 24 I had a successful job, a home owner, a mother of 2 beautiful children and was going through a divorce. Shortly after I was in a car accident and found myself being prescribed my first opiate...

7 years ago I was hopelessly addicted to heroin & benzos and living in a homeless shelter. My life was in shambles. I was unemployed & unemployable, my son had been removed from our custody, my family wouldn’t speak with me & I my license was suspended. I became a “frequent...

I’ve been in recovery from addiction since September 1 2009. Actually, my journey in recovery began several months earlier when I started medical internship. I was a “real doctor” at this point and believed that my drinking and drug use would now be relegated to the rare...

Dreams shattered, my heart broken into a million little pieces.. Ryan called me to say he was was on his way home. I had no clue that the words we spoke to one another on November 28th, 2017 at 1:26am, would be our last. I can still here the conversation in my head like it was...

6 months ago I relapsed. 47 days ago I started over. It all began at the age of 13. I had begun abusing prescription drugs after several traumatic events which sent me into a spiral of depression and emotional instability. I started with benzodiazepines, but when I found...