by Sally Rosa | Apr 24, 2013 | Addiction Treatment, Drug Addiction
One Woman’s Story of Quitting Alcohol I’ve wanted to quit alcohol for awhile now. It’s been years since I could control and enjoy my drinking. I’ve tried to regulate and cut down with little success. Whenever I do, it isn’t fun. I don’t have a good time and I ALWAYS...
by Fiona Stockard | Mar 21, 2013 | Addiction Treatment, Drug Addiction
CASE NUMBER: 07-1414 TO: My Mother and Father Everyone makes mistakes in their life. There are two ways to handle those mistakes, you can turn the experience into a positive, or make it define your lifestyle. I chose to go with option A. In my case, I have screwed up...
by Fiona Stockard | Jan 28, 2013 | Addiction Treatment, Benefits of Sobriety
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...
by Fiona Stockard | Dec 21, 2012 | Addiction Treatment, Recovery
Growing Up Religious I never had any intention of growing up and becoming a drug addict. It just sort of happened. I saw things I’d been sheltered from my entire life. I did things I swore I’d never do. I was born into a way of life where God, and the Bible, were more...
by Sally Rosa | Dec 21, 2012 | 12 Steps, Addiction Treatment
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...
