True Stories of Addiction: James James had a relatively normal upbringing. He didn’t have any trauma, nor did he suffer from any distressing events; relatively speaking, James was quite normal. James had many reasons, all of them good, to not become addicted to a substance, but...
Addiction From a Sheltered Home As is often the case for sheltered children, Michelle's super strict upbringing caused her to act out and sometimes this acting out can lead to addiction. Her mother was an educator and Michelle was often forbidden from doing many of the...
Early Access Leads to Early Addiction Lydia's experience with mind-altering substances started very early in her life. When she was a child, her parents would throw parties. In her own words, they weren't alcoholics, but they liked to have a few drinks every now and then. At...
Adam's Addiction Began Early Addiction was a problem long before Adam ever picked up his first drug. While not a substance, Adam's addiction was a behavioral addiction: video games. Throughout his childhood, he would play games all day, obsess about them during school, and dream about...
Most little sisters look up to their older brothers, growing up in Claudia's family was no different. She can remember her brother in the kitchen cooking chicken wings, and him taking her across the street to subway. These are fond memories for her, however, her brother...
Trouble with Treatment Andrew's first wakeup call was one fateful night when he found himself in his car in a parking lot. A rap at his window roused him to consciousness, his forehead on the steering wheel and holding a tray of Heroin, only to see...
When Mareesa was 13, she tried alcohol for the first time. Coping and struggling with a death in her family, Mareesa asked a family friend to bring over some vodka. Her first experience drinking escalated as quickly as it began. “The first time I drank...
The Beginning of a Tragedy At the age of 5 years old Michael developed a taste for alcohol. Not that he enjoyed it or was driven toward the feeling that he got when he consumed it, but how it made him feel like an adult. How...
Escalation of Destruction At 12 years old Sylvia struggled with her identity. When she gazed in the mirror her smiling face did not stare back at her, but a disappointing blank glare of judgment. Her hair was too curly and her ankles were too thin and...
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