Hello, my name is Kristal B. For me, abusing alcohol was a means of combatting the crippling anxiety that developed in my late teens and early twenties. I went to community college for high school and transitioned to a four-year university when I was 17. It was there that my irrational fear and panic disorder […]
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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 […]
As I use to stare from my withdrawn eyes, I could not find any reason to want to live or feel anything through my lonely cries.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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
By Matt Hill On November 14th, Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer announced the state’s goal of cutting overdose deaths by 50% in the next 5 years. Anyone who cares about this national crisis would agree that this aggressive goal is exactly what we need. We should be excited that there will be more resources directed toward […]
