by Sally Rosa | Mar 23, 2017 | 12 Steps, Sobriety For Women, Stories from Women in Sobriety
Do They Have Addiction Help for Facebook Stalking? I’ve been staking my ex-boyfriend on Facebook and I cannot stop and I need addiction help for what I’m calling the Jim problem. Let me back up. 5 years ago I was dating Jim. We dated for about a year after we both...
by A Women in Sobriety | Mar 16, 2017 | Addiction Articles, Stories from Women in Sobriety
Story Submitted By Pam P My mess is now my message. I struggle with the disease of substance use disorder. I’ve been told people are not their disease, it’s a piece of who they are, but for many of us, when we are in the sickness, it’s everything we are. My story is a...
by A Women in Sobriety | Mar 2, 2017 | Addiction Articles, Stories from Women in Sobriety
Story Submitted By Kori My name is Kori. I’m a grateful recovering alcoholic/addict. I’m 36 years old and mother of 3. I just celebrated 6 months of sobriety. I owe this new way of life to a 12 step recovery program and my faith in the God of my...
by A Women in Sobriety | Feb 23, 2017 | Addiction Articles, Blog, Stories from Women in Sobriety
Submitted By Frances At a Crossroads I have made it over two years without taking a drink and yet hours ago I found myself at a crossroads. I was at the supermarket staring down a six-pack of beer as if the liquid inside those dark bottles had all of the answers. I...
by A Women in Sobriety | Feb 9, 2017 | Addiction Articles, Blog, Stories from Women in Sobriety
Submitted By Ashley L I was only 17 My addiction started when I was 17 years old I met a guy who was into using drugs and started using cocaine at 17 I come from a very normal home my father was a minister and my mother was a stay-at-home mom 18 I got pregnant with my...
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 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...
