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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…

Diana (D) Waldron

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…

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…

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…