Here is a story I tell a lot: I got sober more than 10 years ago, in a tiny studio apartment in Portland, Oregon. I was 23 years old and convinced I was going to be great. Maybe I already was great, I told myself. I merely needed to be discovered. Zoe Trope’s novel Please...Read More

As I sit here to write my story for the #voicesproject I have 834 days of continuous sobriety from alcohol and drugs. And, I can truly say its been THE BEST 834 days of my entire 48 years. I am the youngest of 7 children and come from a long-line of a alcoholics and addicts....Read More

Hello, my name is Ashley May. My sobriety date is April 9th 2016. I am a recovering heroin/crack addict. I started using drugs 14 years ago and “hard drugs” I started using 10 years ago. During my addiction, I have tried to get sober on my own many times, all unsuccessful. I have 3 beautiful...Read More

I started drinking at the age of 37. Before that my addiction was food. I had a gastric bypass in 2001 and in 2005 started my downward spiral of alcohol and other drugs. In 6 short years, I divorced my husband of 18 years, my kids moved out of state to live with my sister,...Read More

If you asked anyone five to ten years ago where I would be in ten years, you would likely get answers like “in jail”, “strung out”, or “dead.” Back then, I was stuck in addiction. Every move I made was somehow connected to getting my next fix. Heroin is a powerful drug. And while it...Read More

My mom, Jessica Geschke, asked me if I wanted to share from a kid’s perspective what it is like to have an uncle addicted to drugs.  I know that this is important because people are struggling and we need to help them. I found out that my Uncle was addicted a few years ago when...Read More

My name is Rebecca Zwicker and I am a woman in long term recovery. At the age of 24 I had a successful job, a home owner, a mother of 2 beautiful children and was going through a divorce. Shortly after I was in a car accident and found myself being prescribed my first opiate...Read More

7 years ago I was hopelessly addicted to heroin & benzos and living in a homeless shelter. My life was in shambles. I was unemployed & unemployable, my son had been removed from our custody, my family wouldn’t speak with me & I my license was suspended. I became a “frequent flyer” at the county...Read More

I’ve been in recovery from addiction since September 1 2009. Actually, my journey in recovery began several months earlier when I started medical internship. I was a “real doctor” at this point and believed that my drinking and drug use would now be relegated to the rare opportunity when I had a few days off...Read More