It has been far from easy but I have managed to stay sober for 14 days now. I can’t remember the last time I said that. It was possibly as many as 30 years ago. That’s a lot of drinking, a lot of money and more importantly, a lot of mistakes made whilst under the […]
Its not an easy life. Its been rough but this year is absolutely hell. Bath salts were legal, still actually are. There is a chemical they use that is what they are trying to ban. Stores are just in fear of ordering it. But little known fact, they still do. It was fun, made things […]
By Suzanne, from Canada I come from a high functioning alcoholic family, with all the material possessions one could want and our disease was never discussed. It was as if we didn’t have a disease but I knew in my heart, something was very wrong. I didn’t always drink but when life took some nasty […]
By Jo, from Philadelphia A friend of mine sent me the link for this site, and here I am. My name is Jo and I am an alcoholic with a little over 4 years in the Alcoholics Anonymous program. I have not had a drink in 14 years, but I’ve only been in recovery for […]
by Mark W., from Houston, TX I grew up in a small town in southwestern Minnesota with 10 brothers and sisters. Both my parents were alcoholics and worked very hard to raise us kids. My family was pretty close but you got a suitcase when you graduated. I got in trouble when I was sixteen. […]
By Linda Bright, from Philadelphia, PA I could be so big headed when it came to my life. I faced difficult circumstances with the attitude that I was capable of handling them on my own. My husband was now a pastor of a small church founded in our home, making me the First Lady, but […]
by Denise, from Lexington, NC Well, at this time I am 60 years old and it is hard to find any reason whatsoever to live except not to abandon my adult son I feel I have failed as a mother to him, now 25 years old because I spent years tending to my now passed […]
by Sarah, from Missouri It’s amazing what can happen in as little as 6 years. 6 years ago, I was leading a marginally successful life. I had a good job, a nice apartment, had dreams of college, and possibly marriage, and things were only going to get better from there—or so I thought. I […]
by Sara Berelsman, from Ohio Today is the day. Tuesday, October 11, 2011. I want to remember this day forever. The day I decided to stop drinking. The sunrise was beautiful this morning. Possibly the best one I’ve ever seen. Pink and blue hues in the sky sprayed with just the right amount of […]
By SilverDF, from Rochester, New York It seemed, at least for me, the hardest part was having people around that understood. REALLY got it, Addiction. Mine is pills, those little demons in the palm of my hand. I wrote this sort of “story” to exsplain in a way a non addict would understand that dark […]
