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...

I Didn't Think I'd Live To See 30. At 35, I Have 8 Years In Recovery. When I was drinking and using in my twenties, I said I’d die at 27, like Jim Morrison and Kurt Cobain. Unlike them, I had no musical or artistic legacy to leave behind. Just a nasty series of addictions that...

Hi, I’m Jenn and I’m an alcoholic/addict. I’m 33 years old. I had my first drink when I was 13, with my youth group. I remember everything felt good. Warm tingles spread through my body and my mind stopped racing- that was the best part. The stillness. The escape from pressure....

It has been 3 years and 5 months (1269 days) since my son Erik died of an accidental heroin overdose. He was 29 years old and an extremely gifted and creative guy whose keen wit and empathetic heart is missed greatly every day. He came into this world via emergency C-section due...

Hello! My name is David Awadalla, and I am a convicted felon, a former inmate, a Masters student at the University of Michigan, and most importantly, a person in long-term recovery. The first time I was prescribed an opioid, I was 16 and had recently had my wisdom teeth removed....