Submitted by Anonymous I am a 57-year-old that actually worried I wouldn't see 40 or wouldn't be here to see my daughters grow up. I actually thought if I can just survive until Cass is 18 that will be ok, she can then look after Lucy who is 4 years younger. I grew up...
Submitted By Pam R Desperately Keeping My Struggles Hidden If you’d met me in 2003, you may have described me as an energetic, talented, mother of three beautiful daughters and wife of an excellent man. I was working as development director for the YMCA, was an...
Story Submitted By Katie A Cure for Insecurity As a child, I remember a giant hole in me that I could never seem to fill. I wanted to be anyone else but me, so when I idolized Disney princess, Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen and later on Britney Spears, I thought I could...
A Princess of Substance Abuse Recovery and Role Model When I heard the news that Carrie Fisher, (better known to the world as Princess Leia for Star Wars) had passed away I felt like I had been punched in the gut. I was on my way to an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting at...
Candace Bighead My story begins before I was even born. My grandparents on both my biological parent’s sides have a history of substance abuse. Both of my parents have struggled with addiction their entire lives. I have 10 biological siblings and at least 8 of those...
A Florida Drug Rehab Story I think I prostituted my self for the first time at age 15. I remember being in my Florida drug rehab and my mom asking me if I was scared the first time sold my body. I told her I wasn’t, because… I wasn’t. I entered the Motel 6, just off...
Whitney Houston and Amy Winehouse offer Addiction help In Death When Whitney Houston died it was discovered that she wore dentures, wore a wig, had emphysema and was surrounded by many cigarette butts. Amy Winehouse died while watching YouTube videos of herself. I bet...
Drug And Alcohol Abuse Didn’t Start Yesterday, Surgeon General Murthy Yesterday all over my news feeds were headlines saying, “Surgeon General Report shows drug and alcohol abuse is on the rise”, “The US Surgeon General Wants to Fight Addiction”, “Surgeon General to...
Women’s Addiction Recovery Meetings Are the Bomb I don’t even know where to get started on this one. Why do I only attend women’s addiction recovery meetings? The list is so damn long I could have titled this article 3 billion reasons why I only attend women’s...