My name is Kat. I am sharing my story in the hopes that someone out there reading can relate, and can find that little drop of hope they need to keep fighting or to finally ask for help. I have struggled since I was very young with feeling different. The tall awkward girl with a...

Our son Adam kept his addiction to himself, calling it a "hobby'. When the pills "ran out of road", he turned to fentanyl and died after using it twice. No heroin in between the two, that would have made him "an addict", in his mind. The reality was that he was exactly...

It all started with thumbsucking: my first coping mechanism to deal with emotional pain. At 8 years old, I was sucking my thumb and then hiding it whenever I could. I was a functioning thumb sucker. Eventually the pain of embarrassment from those around me got to be so great I...

My name is Sande, I am 38 years old, a mother of 4, and I am a "recovering" addict. I never planned on becoming addicted to pain medication. I was the picture perfect DARE program officer in my middle school. I went around telling everyone the dangers of drugs and what they...

Class A is currently in pre-production, to support, please go to: www.classafilm.com To learn more about the non-profit organization Gay & Sober, their work, mission and the program, visit: www.gayandsober.org

I came from a middle-class family with good core values. However, I always had a strong self-will and despite warnings and admonishments from my parents I began drinking alcohol and experimenting with mind-changing/mood-altering substances at an early age. I got drunk for the...

My name is Casey Longan and I am a woman in long term recovery. My sobriety date is September 14th, 2011. I started using at a very young age and meth was the first and only drug I ever used. I spent countless years in and out of the criminal justice system. I not only destroyed...

My name is Zac Talbott, and I was born in Knoxville, Tennessee in 1983 and was raised – and lived most of my life – 30 minutes south of Knoxville in the affluent southern town of Maryville. I came from an upper middle class, church-going family that prioritized family, faith,...

My name is Nate aka Gunsmoke. My recovery date is August 25, 2015. I started using at the age of 13. Growing up in a family of addicts using seemed normal. In 2008, I had my first child but that did not stop my use. In 2015, I decided to try a new way of life and with only 16...