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Joseph was born in Phoenix, Arizona. He grew up in poverty with his mother after she and his father got divorced. He went through many trials and tribulations early in life. After many bouts of in-school suspension, it was recommended that his mother take him...
Looking to drugs and gangs for love led Ricky down the wrong path. Born to a mother who suffered from drug addiction and alcoholism and a father who was incarcerated, Ricky P spent his childhood being raised by his grandparents. His mother eventually ended up...
Over 60,000 children in the America are sexually abused on a yearly basis. However, parental sexual abuse is especially unimaginable and horrific. Due to concealment, many cases of parental sexual abuse are never exposed. Adam knows the trauma of parental sexual abuse all too well....
Justin got in trouble the first time with the law at 18 years old. But he might have been arrested for many things before that incident. He was using marijuana between 12-13 years old. He was doing cocaine and acid by 15 years old. He...
Christin grew up as a military brat moving from one place to another frequently. At eight-years-old, her parents got a divorce and it had a huge impact on her. After the divorce, she moved with her mother and sister to Michigan and the difficult times...
Jeff was born in Chicago, IL in 1977 to a very young mother. He experienced a difficult upbringing due to drug addicted parents neglect. Jeff’s father was 11 years older than his mother and had been married with children prior to meeting her. He recalls...
Understanding addiction when you have never battled it yourself can be difficult. Chris knows this all too well and he tells his story of addiction and teen drug smuggling. He tells us about how recovering from alcoholism and addiction changed his life for the better....
Ian leads his story with what addiction made him feel. He says it made him feel like all his walls were coming down. Ian never imagined his life turning out this way. But, Ian does have some lessons he wants to share. His hope is...
Stephanie is in recovery from alcoholism and she gets to spend her life living in gratitude. Stephanie didn't even realize she was dealing with alcoholism for many years. After all, her life didn't start with any ominous warnings. Stephanie grew up in cornfield country where...
It is said everyone's life journey starts with the first step. But I took my first step many times. All my first steps were on different paths which led to the same place - childhood addiction. The land of drug and alcohol started at age...