As I look back, I lament the days I wasted due to the alcohol and drugs. It was too many days. And it continued for way too many years! My lifestyle at the time consisted of weekly binges on the alcohol and drugs. I’d be out of it for days. Then I’d take a few days to dry out,...

I am 39 years old and was raised in Uniontown, Pennsylvania. My mom and dad divorced when I was seven years old and I stayed with my mom and my two sisters. My mother raised us in the church and in the ways of the Lord. At the age of eight, I was baptized in the Holy Spirit and...

I am a 38 year old alcoholic and addict. It took me 22 years to finally surrender and turn my will and life over to a power greater than drugs or alcohol, or any human power for that matter. I grew up most of my life in Cleveland, Ohio. In an alcoholic, addict family. Oldest of...

I would like to introduce you to my kind, empathetic, smart, artistically talented, beautiful daughter Brenna. I would like to – but instead I will share her story and introduce you to her living spirit as her body left this world on December 10, 2014. Growing up Brenna did all...

I’m Mark Rickert – HOLA! I was born in Detroit, Michigan. My sobriety birthdate is August 11, 2001 – I have been Sober 16 years, one-day-at-a-time! Chaotic childhood and early adulthood that led me to much pain and suffering which took me decades to heal – Broken home at age 3,...

To start off my name is Rebecca but most people call me Becca. I am 27 years old and am a mother of 2 beautiful little boys. My story starts out 3 years ago. I was diagnosed with a brain deformity called chiari malformation of the brain type one. It caused a lot of headaches and...

My name is Keenan Morgan and I'm from Chicago Il. I'm the youngest of 6 and the only one who suffered from drug addiction. I came from an abusive family but found basketball as a outlet and a way of blocking things out. After(4) years of high school basketball, I received a...

On July 14th of 2017, I can officially say that 10 years ago was the first day of the rest of my life. I've had three lives: 1) pre-drinking, 2) drinking, and 3) post-drinking. Pre-drinking (newborn to 17/18 yrs old): Insecure, sweet girl who had trouble fitting in, was bullied,...

I had my first drink in 1981. I was 13 years old. I grew up in an upper middle class family with my parents and four siblings in a beautiful home in a beautiful neighborhood. However, I also grew up in a house surrounded by alcohol. My parents were always entertaining. They...