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Amy Brune
My name is Amy Brune and I celebrated 10 years in recovery this year. When I was struggling I never knew of a person in…
Amy Brune
I grew up with young parents. They were 18 years old, but in the early 90s, that was more typical of families in my neighborhood…
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…
Donnie Johnson
Embracing Sobriety: My Journey to Recovery Every September, Recovery Month serves as a powerful reminder of the battles fought daily by people overcoming substance use…
Francisco Y
Francisco Celis Yanez July 23rd 2024 cyanezfranki@gmail.com 773-630-8424 My name is Francisco Celis and the date of my last use is July the first twenty-nineteen.…
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…