by Daniel D. Maurer I’m going into my sixth year of continuous sobriety. Do you know one aspect I’ve discovered about myself? It’s easy for me to get on my high horse about addiction. I don’t relish revealing this to…

By Carly Benson The New Year offers the hope of a clean slate to many people. When January rolls around each year, people make their resolutions to get healthier. According to an article published by Statistic Brain around 44% of…

by Daniel Maurer I began my “career” in drinking and taking opioid prescription drugs regularly, relatively late in life. However, looking back on my usage when I was still in high school, I see now that I had the makings…

By A.R. Andrews | Personal Narrative Contributor I’d struggled with a lot as a child with major anxiety and depression. My mother was a recovering cocaine addict; she also had severe mental disorders that went untreated for many years. This…

By O. RMarv | Personal Narrative Contributor When I came into the rooms of recovery, I was simply looking for a way to stop the insanity of having to drink and use even when I didn’t want to. All I…