More Recovery Stories

Visitors to this site share their experience strength and hope with stories of their person journey in recovery.

He Was Killed Night Before Last
"They let him drive away from there three sheets to the wind more times than they could count."

I Had to Look Within
"I had to look within deep within my soul to make sense out of a senseless act."

Jill
"I lay there waiting and I prayed for God to please let me die. I just needed out. I blacked out at that point."

Left Behind
"I hope and pray that he comes around. But after my amends had been made there was little else I could do."

Mary A.
"I had read the book and knew it all. I didn't need anyone to tell me what I had to do."

Mary B.
"Living life on life's terms and having to do everything sober for the first time was scary."

Mike K.
"This time we are recovering as a family. They understand better as do I that we need to recover together."

Peter S.
"The lovable are never forgotten and the lovable inspire long after they are gone."

Rosemary
"Something happened to me that night. I experienced a peace that I had never known in my life or if I had experienced it before, I didn't remember it."

SoberChild's Story
I started to drink on a regular bases when I was 13. The popular kids would hang out with me because I could get cigarettes and booze.

Staying Married Takes Work
"Unfortunately in today's world of "fix it quick" mentality divorce is too quickly chosen."

Steve G.
"I do not have influential friends or fancy things. But if I had to give up my sobriety to get all of that back I don't want it."

Sue Ann
"I used to think that March 26 1975 was the day that I died."

Suicide Dream
"I had created my own hell then tried to run away from it."

The Butterfly and Al-Anon
"When most of us come to Al-Anon we are similar to the butterfly. There was a time when we too were unlovely creatures."