I’m the mother of Jenny Rose. A young, beautiful girl who lost her life to heroin overdose. Jenny Rose’s addiction effected our relationship as a mother and daughter. It effected my marriage with countless arguments and sleepless nights. We, as parents, have now fallen victim to...

I used substances for 27 years...and now I don't. That's the short version. What I like about my story is that it defies convention in many ways. I did not start my recovery voluntarily; I was court-mandated. I did not start my recovery for myself-I did it for my son. I did not...

When I was a child growing up in Pennsylvania I began my lifelong quest – the endless search for “more.” I was always an all or nothing person. Black or white. All in or all out. Drunk or sober. I remember on Christmas I was the one searching under the Christmas tree for more...

At 19 years old I was sitting in a jail cell for the first time, just 4 days before my 20th birthday, because I ran from treatment. I still didn't realize that I had a problem. It took me spending eight days, getting out to go to treatment, running for the second time after...

I pulled my car over to the side of the road off of Cicero Avenue right before the on ramp to highway 270 in Chicago. The West side of Chicago and this stretch of Highway was one of the first roads in America to earn the name Heroin Highway and rightly so, since before my time...

My name is Beck and I have been sober since July 11, 2005. I started using when I was 14. From the first time I blacked out, and everyone was talking about it at school, I knew I had found my calling. Drinking made me invincible and popular. It also helped me to hide who I...

I was born May 1, 1980. My mother and father divorced before I was two years old. My father struggled with addiction and my mother left him. My mom remarried shortly after to Howard, my mother and step father raised me with morals, values and standards. I have no complaints on...

I am 40 weeks pregnant writing this, anxiously awaiting the birth of our second child. I am married to an incredible man, and already a mother to a feisty, smart, witty 18-month-old daughter. I still can’t believe the life I have now. But let me rewind… For as long as I can...

I am a happy and proud person in recovery. What that means to me is that I haven’t used any mood or mind-altering substances since June 26, 2015. I started experimenting with drugs and alcohol at the age of 11 and the progression of this disease had me using heroin daily by the...