Hello, my name is Richard and I would like to share my story with people. It all started when I was 14 years old. People thought I would never stop drinking and I never thought I would either until one day I lost my two children. There was a court order to stay away from alcohol and I got cought two times and then I was facing jail time. My lawyer asked the Judge to put me into rehab and when that day came, my family told me if I wanted my children back and my wife that I needed to do what the c...   read more »

My name is George, I come from a mother who was a heroin addict and a father that due to drugs became incarcerated. From 1967 up until this day, he is serving life without parole. So this is where I begin. I use to tell myself I would never be like them, but being around drugs and alcohol my whole life that is just the person I became. At the age of 13, I had to run away from home because my brother and sister where taken and placed in foster care and I did not want to go there. So I lived in...   read more »

My name is Keith. The end of my road to destruction was on Jan 25 2009. I saw my life going nowhere. I was losing my famliy, losing or quitting jobs, going in and out of shelters, and I was smoking crack ever chance I got. So one day I woke up and said I have got to stop and check myself in to A.R.C. Once I got to A.R.C, I began to use the program, make some meetings and talk about what I was doing about my recovery. Being in recovey has been great for me. I got my famliy back in my life, I ...   read more »

Hello my name is Richard and I am writing to tell you that I've been sober for 3 years and 9 days. I know that when I am sober, I can help other people with recovery. There is one person that I helped and it felt good when he came to me for help. He also had lots of children and I knew what he felt like when I got my children taken away. People don't realize how much they are hurting themselves by putting drugs into their bodies. I hope that I can make a diffence in the world one day by help...   read more »

My name is Erin and I AM an Alcoholic. I turned to alcohol for support, numbness and as a crutch. I had been drinking for about 8 years before I got sober. I turned into a monster when I would drink. I became suicidal, self mutilating and very depressed and abusive. Most of my relationships were ruined by my drinking. No one knew how to handle me. I felt worthless and became very anxious. I blamed everyone for my problems - even God. I got in trouble with the law - accumulating 4 P.I.'s....   read more »

I was addicted to crack cocaine and now clean for 8 months and 12 days. My turning piont was when I was arrested and came out of jail and had to go into a treatment program. I had to overcome loosing my girlfriend. Today I am starting a job training for dental assistant. I look forward to doing this paid training. The starting pay is $350 a week. Once you graduate you can earn from $14 to $19 dollars an hour. My life before I got clean was horrible -- getting high every day and not caring ab...   read more »

I was quite young when I began my recovery path, only 26. I was a newly separated mother of a 2 year old. I had been in a very abusive, violent marriage for over five years. I had moved back to the US from Canada and was grieving for the loss of my marriage and my identity. I began drinking after being sober during my marriage. My drinking escalated. I was having blackouts, waking up in different towns unsure if I drove myself or how I got there. My son was left in the care of my sister or...   read more »

My turning point was when I came out of a coma for 3 and a half months and got incarcerated due to my addiction and I was mandated to a 18 to 24 months inpatient treatment program. Project Samaritan turned my life around. I overcame my life by learning how to manage my life and how to be more responsible. Now I work peer volunteer in a outpatient program. I've been working there for two and a half years and I want to move on to be a substance abuse counselor and help others with their addict...   read more »

I am the child of an alcoholic. I came into treatment at about the age of 14 years old and started going to Alateen. My mom also went into treatment and to Alanon as she wanted to learn ways to deal with the chaos of addiction in our house. We got better and choose to leave my father. I am not sure if he ever got sober, but he taught me alot about myself. I am grown now and never choose to "pick up". Instead I took all my experiences and went to school. I have my master's degree and am now ...   read more »

The turning point at which I chose to begin my pathway to recovery from smoking weed and drinking 40 oz. beers was 14 years ago when my daugther was born. I did not want to be high around her or not be able to hear her cry for food. I wanted to be a responsible father not like my father who was always drunk. I overcame the challenges I faced by spending alot of time with my daugther taking her to the park or just playing with her. I want to share with others about my recovery that its easy wh...   read more »