Age 29Since 04 / 14 / 2016
Jheyson
Sometimes I felt like I was living on an island, where all I did was hope a friend would float by, and when they finally arrived, I began to wonder when they’d go away.
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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.
Age 30Since 03 / 20 / 2016
Molly
Heroin addiction is hell on earth. Most people who have tried it get sucked into the clutches of its misery, and can never stop on their own. My whole existence was to pursue this devil wors...
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Age 33Since 05 / 15 / 2011
Michael DeNicola
Throughout college, I had always been a heavy drinker. I was "that guy" at parties, getting blackout drunk and doing the most asinine things. I had gone from being the life of the party, to...
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Age 34Since 12 / 01 / 2012
Kaytee
I was lost in a huge mess of drugs. I didn't care who you were or what you had. If I could put it in a needle I was doing it. I left my daughter to be raised my family because I was too busy...
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Age 28Since 05 / 27 / 2014
Ken DeCesare
I lost everyone I knew & everything I had. Went from business owner to broke as a joke. From living in a beachside condo to living out of a roadside motel.
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Age 53Since 05 / 27 / 1981
Sue K
The worst day of my addiction was not the time I got arrested. It wasn't the second time I got arrested. It wasn't even the time my best friend and I fought about my using. The worst day of...
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Age 38Since 03 / 16 / 2012
Jennifer
It was unmanageable, lonely and I was just existing and not living. I gave up on God and was living life with my will and not his. I was drinking daily and popping any pills I could get my h...
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Age 55Since 12 / 05 / 2011
Cathy
I drank for over 30 years before it seemed like a problem to me, after my daughter's death - for over 2 years I rarely saw a sober moment
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Age 50Since 12 / 08 / 2015
Jack Usry
It was hell I lived in darkness just gave up on everything life work I would drink until I passed out wake up somehow made it to the store at 3 am to get a drink I was in sorrow.
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Age 28Since 06 / 22 / 2016
Claire
Alcohol turned me into a person I didn't like, reckless and stupid; increasing my depression and anxiety. It clouded all my emotions but the day after I remembered the things I'd said and do...
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