by Sally Rosa | Feb 2, 2017 | Addiction Articles, Addiction Treatment, Blog
Alcohol Issues Plagued The life Of A Talented Dancer At age 13 Meaghan got a job at the local diner because she wanted money to go to the movies. Her brothers and sisters all older than her just asked their parents for money, but not Meaghan. She would pedal her bike...
by Sally Rosa | Jan 27, 2017 | 12 Steps, Addiction Articles, Addiction Treatment
Help Me Find Recovery from Addiction to The Bachelor Hi, my name is Sally and I’m addicted to The Bachelor on ABC. I’m writing to you all today hoping to find recovery from addiction to this deadly and morally corrupt reality show. I first started watching The...
by A Women in Sobriety | Jan 12, 2017 | Addiction Articles, Blog, Sobriety For Women, Stories from Women in Sobriety
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...
by A Women in Sobriety | Jan 5, 2017 | Addiction Articles, Blog, Sobriety For Women, Stories from Women in Sobriety
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...
by A Women in Sobriety | Dec 30, 2016 | Addiction Articles, Blog, Sobriety For Women, Stories from Women in Sobriety
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...
by Sally Rosa | Dec 28, 2016 | Addiction Articles, Body Image / Eating Disorders, Drug Addiction
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...
by A Women in Sobriety | Dec 15, 2016 | Addiction Articles, Blog, Sobriety For Women, Stories from Women in Sobriety
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...
by Sally Rosa | Dec 8, 2016 | Addiction Articles, Addiction Treatment
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...
by Sally Rosa | Dec 1, 2016 | Addiction Articles, Sobriety For Women
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...
by Sally Rosa | Nov 24, 2016 | Addiction Articles
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...
