The Butterfly Effect
People are worried about their well-being. People are losing their jobs. People aren’t able to attend school. People aren’t able to see their friends and family. People are dying. People in recovery are still dying… We are facing a global pandemic that many people alive today have not experienced before. This has unseen consequences that […]
Strength Driven By Pain
As I use to stare from my withdrawn eyes, I could not find any reason to want to live or feel anything through my lonely cries. I got knocked down only to get back up stronger then I’ve ever been before. I am living proof that survivals a must, I have a purpose in this […]
A Recovery Story: Ashlee
Hi, I’m Ashlee and I’m an alcoholic, an addict, a daughter, sister, friend, business owner, sponsor, sponsee, and an active member in a 12-step program. My life has completely opened to something absolutely beautiful & indescribable today all because I chose to sit all the way down, open my mind, get honest & willing and […]
Poetry
Each day upon awaking I must prepare for battle I hear the snake hissing as he slithers and he rattles There is a bad seed planted in the darkest corners of my mind A past that is most haunting and it is trailing close behind I am my own worst enemy and my thoughts are […]
When I See
When I see the resting bottle When the liquor store looks like winning the lotto When my pain transfers into pleasure When a yard stick can no longer measure When I see Everything I can be It’s no longer I but we When I travel into the past to see old faces And silhouettes of […]
A Story of Recovery: Dave Kuhn
My name is Dave Kuhn and I’m a person in long-term recovery. My story started when I was young. I come from a family of nine, and things were pretty chaotic growing up. My parents were drinkers but at the time I never thought about alcohol being a problem. Eventually I started experimenting myself at […]