They told me I would never get my kids back! I was 36 years old, mom of 3 and on Halloween my boyfriend of 2 years asked me if I wanted to try something. I said sure I was then introduced to a feeling I never even knew existed - peace, happiness, excitement and love! Heroin I...

The worst day of Brad McGahey’s life was the day a judge decided to spare him from prison. McGahey was 23 with dreams of making it big in rodeo, maybe starring in his own reality TV show. With a 1.5 GPA, he’d barely graduated from high school. He had two kids and mounting child...

Born in Athens, I grew up in Greece, not knowing what my father did for a living. It would not be until several years after we had moved to the United States that he would tell us that he worked for the CIA, and that he had moved us from Europe when political turmoil threatened...

I started experimenting with marijuana and alcohol at the age of 9. Thinking it was "cool" because it was what all my older friends were doing. I got sick and didn't drink or get high often, just when I was hanging out with friends that were also doing it. My life was pretty...

My name is Britt and I am a grateful addict in recovery. I am 41 years old and my clean date is 7/14/16. I used for 20 years solid. What I can tell everyone is that not only have I not felt this free in those 20 years but I have never felt this free in all of my life. From birth...

This is written about my brother but also about me and also about all of us who are living the nightmare of addiction. #voicesproject To The People Who Think Addicts Deserve to Die: I can remember my brother having seizures and vomiting after he had surgery to correct his...

My name is Christy Pennington and I am a person in long-term recovery with substance use disorder. What that means to me is I have not had an illicit drug or drink of alcohol since November 28, 2013. I have a peace and serenity today that is immeasurable and as long as I...

How in the HELL did I get here?? It's not like I woke up one day, a raging heroin addict. It was a gradual process. One that cost me almost everything including my life. My childhood, for the most part, wasn't like those of other addicts I have met. My parents weren't addicts, I...

It's a very confusing feeling losing a patient to an overdose. As an employee at a treatment center, we often find ourselves fighting harder than the patients for their recovery. We beg and plead with them to follow our suggestions. But isn't that strange? It goes against what...