Stories tagged with: Home
-
Disorder is at the end of time's arrow, unless we can find the strength to take a different path.
Caleb Vera -
She told me everything that happened, and she said, “I’m done. I don’t wanna do this no more. Will you come home?”
Bruce Marshall -
My five-year-old son looked at me and said, “Mommy, you’re doing great. I’m proud of you.”
Anonymous -
I've now achieved seven years in recovery and it has been a major blessing beyond anything I could've imagined when I was hopeless—drowning in despair, guilt, and shame. I began feeling peace, hope, and pure joy. The changes I experienced fueled a desire of giving hope and sharing with others the miracle of recovery that God blessed me with.
Karen Dominick -
I don’t know where I’ll end up just yet, but I know it’s a good long-term goal to complete school and get my degree. The one person I got really close to in the program here showed me how important and valuable education is. It can be a tool to give back eventually, and the higher the degree I get, the more opportunities there will be to give back.
Anonymous -
I guess the best thing I can do is lead by example. Keep changing for the better more and more every day, keep in contact with those people, and just try to lead by example, like I said, get them to make the right decisions, not because someone told them to but because they can see that there is a better way; that there is a light.
Bryce C. -
Just by having faith and putting my all into it and doing what is uncomfortable, I’ve been able to have a life where I can help others that are also going through the same struggles as I am and have a family, and actually love my life and be happy about it.
Anna Holley -
I have true friends today, like genuine friends that love and care about me.
Megen -
I hope that anybody listening that's still suffering—if you need anything, reach out to me. This is what keeps me sober is by helping other people. I cannot keep what I have if I don't give it away.
Bernard Slater Jr. -
My stepmom said, last week, “If you get through this quarantine thing without using, I’m really gonna start thinking that you might not.” And I was like, “Don’t say that!” She was like, “I cannot believe all the things that you have endured.” There really have been a lot, but my life is so awesome. I’ve put in a lot of work. I’ve never stopped.
Rachel Thaxton -
I don’t always get it right, but I stay vigilant and work a program and stay involved and help people. The message is hope, and the promise is freedom. And I truly believe that. Hope is the last thing to go.
Drew Pinkney -
We do a lot of writing in recovery. But it serves a very, very positive purpose. The power of the pen is unmatched, okay? There's just no way around that.
Ryan Elkins -
You have to put the footwork in, and some days you’re just putting one foot in front of the other and praying. It is possible, we do recover, and we are worth it, every single body is worth it.
Christene -
Recovery has given me a life I never dreamed I could have.
Emily -
One day at a time. I’m powerless in this life but I have found a power beyond all understanding.
Travis -
If I see one difference in the community I think the biggest difference I see is that we’re talking recovery.
Terry -
I think the recovery community helped me a lot. And I think that going to 12-step meetings helped me a lot. But then I think there came a point where I needed more than that, and so I sought psychiatric help.
Garrett