Real people, real recovery. Honest accounts of what it was like, what happened, and what life looks like now — shared to remind anyone still struggling that they are not alone.
It was horrible. If I wasn't drinking I was physically sick. I got to a point where I had a seizure because I quit cold Turkey. I was drinking almost a 1.75 of vodka a day. It was time for h...
Read storyHell on earth. It's living in a cruel circle where everything is just repeated day in and day out. Hell.
Read storyDeep in my addiction I was confused about life and what exactly I wanted out of it. I never thought about the consequences of my actions and I had many close encounters and experiences with...
Read storyI started experimenting in high school, but from the beginning it felt different. My friends were just having fun but I needed to get high. Most of my using years I was using pills but by th...
Read storyI started drinking as an alcoholic when I was 16. Drinking whiskey and coke became the normal when I came home from school. My disease was extremely progressive. By the time I was 19, I was...
Read storyI was angry and lost. I drank daily and woke up every morning hungover. I had no one, I had both isolated my self and rejected anyone that had loved me, yet that is what I desired; to be lov...
Read storyI was living in hell. We all go through challenges in our lives. For me it was being 17 years old, strung out on heroin. Every morning i was sticking a needle in my arm, numbing and pushing...
Read storyDrunk every weekend Hungover every Monday Anxiety and depression on Tuesday And the circle continues
Read storyMy addiction started long before I ever picked up drugs. My life was completely chaotic and I became a person I couldn’t even recognize.
Read storyI honestly didn't think I had a problem with alcohol. I had a job, house, husband, friends etc. However, I began not to want to leave the house. I was missing family gatherings, blowing off...
Read storyI don't know the words to describe Hell (burning on fire on the inside) full of disappointment, shame, depression, loneliness and rage. I was crying in the shadows but smiling in the sun. I...
Read storyIt was normal for me to be drunk at all times, had no regrets at all, i did not take care of my wife or kids
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