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Brennan Hilleary
I grew up in two vastly different households, each with its own set of rules and expectations. One was strict and demanding, while the other…
Christopher Sciacchitano
When I was 17 years old I got my license early in high school but started cutting classes and hanging with the wrong crowd of…
Deirdre Koenen
It’s kind of crazy to say that I’ve been sober for exactly fourteen months today. I drank to cope with loss, depression and the social…
Derrick Mobley MD
An excerpt from my addiction memoir: Pieces of a Man: #doctor #son #father, A Physician’s Journey Through Addiction All was going well for six months…
Donald Gunther
Emotionally Scarred To Be …. To be silently told you are not worthy, invaluable, exclusively excluded, ostracized, neglected, and psychologically ABUSED as a child was…
Donald Gunther
The Recovery Within MESSENGER MESSAGE MESS ME My next is now and my now is my next best thing. Recovery has become the greatest challenge…
Gloria U.
I was lost in my substance use disorder for many years. I did not see a way out. In my heart, I knew I was…
Honesty L
I am a person in long-term recovery from a Substance Use Disorder and what that means to me is I have been substance free for…
Jan B
My name is Jan. I am a person in long-term recovery from addiction, which means I have not used drugs or alcohol for the past…
Jermaine Hines
My story is attached as a PDF file. It was written about 3 and a half years ago as I approached my 1 year anniversary.…
Justina Pfeffer
From hopeless and struggling to finding my best self. My name is Justina Pfeffer, I’m a person in long-term Sustained recovery from Substance Use Disorder.…