I Will Wait... I will wait. I will wait for you. These are the words taunting me. Why? Waiting. Hoping. Praying. Healing. Addicts like me don't easily possess these qualities. As far back as I can remember, I've waited for something. I've waited for someone,...
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Is Alcoholism a Disease?
Addiction is a gruesome little fellow, huh? He comes in, takes over our lives, and ruins our dreams. He makes us believe he isn't a disease. He makes us believe he's just a phase, just a problem. In treatment, my therapist said addiction and alcoholism were diseases....
What Sobriety Looks Like
Take a walk across the country and you’ll find your share of the beaten, the weathered, the splintered souls left tattered, staggered and tattooed by addiction. See, addiction's become the new apple pie, the new baseball, the new Coca-Cola. These ravaged, misguided...
Why Should I Live in a Delray Beach Halfway House?
Treatment is just the beginning. I used to hate when people told me that! It didn't matter if they were therapists, family, or friends. I didn't want to hear it! Turns out they were telling me the truth though. Moving into a sober-living house (a halfway or...
I Just Want to Be Normal
I Just Want to Be Normal! “I just want to be sober and normal, that’s all I want” said Vanessa. She sat across from me while spending the night in a hospital for the ninth time in eighteen months. Throughout our whole conversation, she kept saying “I want to be...
How to Stay Sober During the Holidays
The holidays have always been a strange time for me. Compounded by an out of control addiction the past few years it did not seem to make it any better. For years my family would ask me to not stay there when I would be in town from college or not to come all together.
Blessings of Sobriety
Some people are born “lucky”. They come from decent homes, they have decent looks, and they have decent personalities, maybe a trust fund or two. These are the lucky ones….right? Everything on the outside seems to be perfect. But, this is not always true. When we watch the TV shows on MSNBC about the people that just “Snapped” or the people who murder their children, when investigators interview the neighbors what do they say? “Oh Jack? He was such a nice guy! I would have never seen this coming! Not for a million years!” This is what they say. No one ever is like, “oh yea Jack was nuts, I should have bet money he would lose it and shoot up the 7-11.” Case in point that being that looks are definitely deceiving.
Growing Up a Jehovah’s Witness and Overcoming Addiction
“I never had the intention of becoming a drug addict. I saw things and did things I had been sheltered from my entire life. I was born into a way of life where God and the bible was the most important thing. I grew up a Jehovah’s witness, with a loving family who raised me by spiritual principals and a love for God.
Being the Mother of an Addict
Being the Mother of an Addict Isn't Easy I've been on the journey of recovery with my daughter for six years. Today she celebrates twenty months sober! That's almost two years. Remember, I said we've been on this journey for six. My daughter, who's twenty-five, has...