I was the woman who seemed to have it all. I had an amazing career, four wonderful children and an incredible husband. In 2013 I found my personal life in shambles due to a series of events that happened all at once. All of which caused my life to unravel. I went to my local...

My name is Katie, and I am in a woman in long term recovery. What that means to me, is that for the last 2 ½ years I have not turned to drugs or alcohol as a coping mechanism for living life. On December 28, 2014 the pain of staying the same outweighed the fear of doing...

You see heroin, I see low self-esteem. You see cocaine, I see fear. You see alcohol, I see social anxiety. You see track marks, I see depression. You see a junkie, I see someone's son. You see a prostitute, I see someone's daughter caught in addiction. You see self-centeredness,...

For 10 years I watched my sister struggle with first oxys, then percs, then heroin. I watched her beautiful, sweet spirit beaten up over and over by the dirty tricks addiction plays. She took a beating physically, mentally, emotionally, spiritually, financially, and yet, every...

My son Hunter was born in Cornelius, North Carolina on March 9,1993. Hunter’s zest for life was immediately apparent as was his love of sports. He played little league baseball, soccer, basketball and Pop Warner football. His athletic “claim to fame” was beating Steph Curry in a...

An unbreakable bond with family and recovery, proves to be strong throughout personal addiction struggles, morals and values put to the test, a new-found career, new responsibilities, finding faith, holding onto love, and never giving up hope. A look into my personal life, to...

My name is Michael Sprinsky. Born and raised in South Boston aka Southie. I started off by taking oxycontin at age 15. My whole city started to take them actually. Every kid I grew up with was addicted to them. At first, it was a party thing but turned ugly real fast. As soon as...

My story starts as many others do. I had my wisdom teeth out when I was 17 and had a prescription for Vicodin. In my case though my father was dentist. I had been given half of a Vicodin when I was 13 years old for a headache. I thought to myself, “this is the way I should feel...

My name is Amy and today by the grace of God I have 8 years in longer term recovery from opiates. Oddly enough, I had enough nerve to grow up thinking I could change the world, until the world changed me. At the age of 27 and In a matter of 18 months, I systematically began to...