I am a 51 year old recovering addict/alcoholic and my name is Tom. The fact that I am even alive to write this piece is a miracle in and of itself. It is the miracle of my higher power and my personal program of recovery. I was brutally raped and beaten when I was nine years old...

My name is Caroline and I am a woman in recovery. I can say this today with a sense of joy and gratitude and wonderment. My life has transformed – is transformed; every day I get to walk in the light of a renewed life. My past has been redeemed and when I think about my future I...

My name is Brooke M. Feldman and I identify as a person in long-term recovery. What this means for me is that for close to 12 years, I have not turned to alcohol or other drugs as a coping mechanism for living life. Instead, as the result of having access to the resources and...

I am a selfish person, emotionally numb, and narcissistic in the sense that I believe to my core that everything should be handed to me. I was the youngest of the three brothers and grew up protected by two older brothers and a successful dad that gave me everything a kid could...

I am a very private person. However, I wanted to share my story in hopes of helping another "motherless child." My mother was addicted to drugs and as a result of her drug use she was murdered when I was 8 years old. Her body was found inside a warehouse. She’d been strangled....

My name is Spencer Brothers, and I recently celebrated 6 hard-earned years in recovery from drugs and alcohol. Through relapses, hopelessness, homelessness, and involvement in the criminal justice system, I have come out the other side to find that the life that recovery has...

My mom was not a perfect person. She may have lacked judgment, may have made poor choices. She may have done things, and said things, that were not right, influenced by the pills she ate and the madness that she developed over time. My mom hurt her children over the years....

I remember being locked in my room. I have these little hinge door locks and I was searching desperately for them. I was overdosing. I had never overdosed before up to that point, and I could feel myself literally slipping slowly into death. I prayed to this God that I didn't...

My name is Maya, I'm seventeen years old, and I have 2 and a half years off of prescription opioids. I am a young person recovering from addiction. Never in my childhood did I ever see myself having to identify myself like that - with the word "addict." I grew up thinking that...