“When my mom answered, all I could get out was ‘I’m ready.’ It was brutal, but it has all been worth it.”
‘I convinced myself I was ‘different’ because my drug dealer had an MD at the end of her name.’: Mom now 13 years sober shares harrowing prescription drug addiction
10 Things I’ve Learned After 10 Years Of Sobriety
“Take the first step and keep stepping. So much good happens over time when you focus on progress over perfection. Control is a myth, anyway.”
Former Drug Dealer, Opioid Addict Now Saves Hundreds Through Narcan Distribution
“I would be so dope sick I had to get my stepbrother to go get me a pill because I couldn’t get off the couch. I’d acquire my dope, and before I even put the substance in my body, I felt better.”
I Was Angry With My Father For A Long Time, Until I Experienced Addiction Firsthand
“I often looked down on my dad’s alcoholism as a character defect. A flaw he was responsible for, and something I would never let happen to me. Even as I drank more and more. Even when I started to hide my own drinking from others. Alcohol is tricky like that.”
‘God saw me. Clutching proof of the unimaginable. My husband was an addict.’: Woman shares God’s role throughout her life
“God did not say what I felt, ‘How pathetic. How could you have missed this?’ Instead, he held my gaze without flinching. He was with me.”
‘I had no money to my name, I broke into my daughter’s piggy bank to buy a bottle of wine.’: Mom of 4 details alcoholism journey leading to recovery
“My mom and stepdad went to hell and back to bail me out the next morning. Guess what I did that night? You guessed it. I got drunk.”
‘Dani, you’re done.’ I accepted the truth I’d been killing myself to cover up. Alcohol had taken me away. I was an addict.’: Mom shares sobriety journey after decade of addiction
“I don’t know why it didn’t hit me 10 years earlier, but clarity finally came around like a baseball bat to the face. I was trembling as I held my daughter. The idea of losing everything was finally scarier than the idea of living without alcohol.”
‘Silvery, beautiful tattoos,’ my daughter said as she traced the stretch marks on my tummy with her fingertips.’: Mom shares journey with eating disorders and self-acceptance
“If we want to feel beautiful, we have to let ourselves be beautiful.”
‘My. Son. Died. I can’t run from that. But I run so no one else has to run this race.’: Mom shares the intensity of grief after losing son to overdose
“Grief is the most arduous race anyone will ever run. You can do this, and I’ll run by your side.”
‘I wasn’t supposed to grow up smoking meth out of glass pipes, shooting dope into my veins with dirty needles, and drinking until I blacked out.’: Former addict urges others to ask for help
“I’ve lost too many people to this disease. I will continue to share my story because every day I wake up is now a blessing.”