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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...
Paul was born into a family with a loving mother and father, but that didn't stop him from painkiller addiction. Although family life was ideal, he still felt like he wanted something else. Not feeling secure in his own skin, he battled suicidal ideations which almost...
Nick had a long and hard life where he was a heroin user and struggled to get clean from addiction. He would go into an ally way, throw his Heroin, needles, and spoons away. He'd promise himself that he would never pick up another drug again....
Like many with addiction, Lindsey started escaping reality through substance abuse. As a result, she developed drug addiction in youth. Her belief is that unless you’ve been through addiction yourself, you’ll never be able to understand what a someone with an addiction is going through and...
Courtney grew up in a small town in Alabama where her wishes weren’t to grow up and become hooked on Crack or Heroin addicted. However, a traumatic experience led her down the dark path to drug addiction where she thought she was going to die...
Unhealthy Family and Opioid Overdose As a child, Sabrina’s parents’ divorce was tough but turning to drugs and experiencing opioid overdose wasn't in her plans. While growing up, she felt more at ease with her mother, however, her father was emotionally distant. Sabrina's father was strict and controlling. Her...
Developing Pain Pill Addiction As a National Honor Society student, Lauren never suspected that she would end up with an Opioid pain pill addiction. However, a diagnosis of endometriosis resulted in her doctor prescribing her medications to help deal with the pain. Endometriosis is a condition where painful...
Self-Medicating with Alcohol As a young boy, Thomas turned to unhealthy behaviors to cope and began self-medicating with Alcohol. He was born in Korea and adopted by a white American family; nevertheless, he was raised in what seemed like a normal household. His adopted mother was emotionally...