Bruce of New York
Posted: February 7, 2011
Individual
Hi, my name is Bruce. I have been in recovery for 13 years. I began using alcohol in my early thirties after burying my wife and my mother to cancer. Alcohol opened me up to other drugs and I was forced to enter residental treatment where the mircle of recovery began. I am currently working in the field myself and have dedicated my life to assisting others to obtain and maintain recovery. I am a living witness that treatment works if you work it. Being a single dad in recovery has its changelleg... read more »
Patrick of New York
Posted: February 1, 2011
Individual
I was 24, on the floor board of a truck and staring out the window at a crackhead who was offering me favors for $20. That is when I first realized I was in an awful mess. Nevertheless, we were out of coke, so my friend Scott grabbed his keys and we made our way to the crack dealers. Later, my lady friend came over to hold me as I cried into her. She was on MDMA and special K. A short time later, I was kicked out of a bbq twice due to a bad decision. After sleeping in an ant hill, I rode my ... read more »
Krici of New York
Posted: February 1, 2011
Individual
I was a drunk. I felt like I was in a dark deep hole with no up or down, no ending or beginning. I felt just despair with sickness and pain all around. My drinking had stopped being fun long before and it was now taking less amounts of alcohol to make me sick all night and into the next afternoon. After a binge, I would suffer terribly from delirium, tremors and I couldn't eat much less care for my daughter. She was suffering because of my choices. Now she, like my mother, would grow up with an ... read more »
richard of New York
Posted: February 1, 2011
Individual
Hello, my name is Richard and I would just like to say thanks to two great friends who are always there for me whenever I need to talk about anything. They also have two wonderfull childern that call me uncle, even though we are not related. I love them just like they are my own neice and nephew.
Now, I am helping my friend's husband with his habit. He always comes to me when he needs to talk and I am helping him through everything that he has to go through. I also bring him to self-help mee... read more »
