Husband is a Recovering Cocaine Addict/Alcoholic and Wants to Come Home.  
I have never been on a site like this before, but I am struggling with my "non-relationship" with my husband. He has been clean for a year now, for 3 ...

Young and Free: John's Story of Recovery From Drug Addiction 
My name is John and I am an alcoholic and a raging drug addict. I'm seventeen years old and only used for about 2 and a half years, but that was more than ...

5 Weeks After Getting Sober, A Major Depression Crash & Plans for Suicide. 
I rode the classic "pink cloud" for 5 weeks after getting sober but when I encountered external emotional "triggers" I couldn't deal with, suicide became ...

My Brother's Drug Addiction - and How it Affected Me ... 
Since I was 1 year old my brother has been a drug addict. He was 15 when he started and now I am 15. I don't remember a lot, some say because I was young,...

My Vicious Cycle of Alcoholism: From a Life on the Streets to Sobriety and Freedom 
My drinking lead me down a path of self destruction and torment, jails, prison and eventually homeless and living on the streets.
After losing everything....

Many Chances, Same Results - My Struggle With Alcohol 
I am going on 10 years of marriage and I love my wife and kids more than anything in the world yet I still drink. I am not violent, I am very involved ...

The Tragic Story of My Brother's Drug Addiction 
My brother is a druggie; and it's sad because he's been arrested so many times I can't even cry anymore - it's just another part of the day. One time he ...

Greg & Loris' Alcohol Addiction Story - The Insanity of Addiction at Play 
I'm 55 now and have gone back and forth between drinking and tenuous sobriety since 1981. My drinking & the associated behavior has resulted in the destruction ...

How Drugs Ruined My Family 
When I was 18 I met what I thouht was the love of my life. He fell for me hard and me for him. We stayed together for 8 years, have a 3 year old daughter ...

To Fix or to Finish? My Seven Years With a Drug Addict ... 
About seven years ago I fell in love with a homeless, jobless and hopeless drug addict. I knew what I was getting into but love is blind. Our relationship ...

Don't Let Anyone Tell You Marijuana isn't Addictive 
Don't let anyone ever tell you that marijuana isn't addictive or that it doesn't ruin lives. Years ago, I was coming out of an abusive relationship and ...

Hitting The Bottom - The Crash and Burn Philosophy and My Daughter's Harrowing Tale of Addiction to Heroin 
I am struggling terribly with the hitting bottom approach. I also have a daughter who is an IV Heroin user. She turns 21 today. What a birthday!

She ...

Lost to Alcohol - How It's Destroyed My Family 
I am sitting here crying about a loss, shaking because I am so isolated, I was arrested several weeks ago for domestic violence, when I was released from ...

Ron's Remorse and Addiction Recovery Story 
My story begins just like many others born in the 50's. I got caught up in the madness of the late 60's with all the drugs available on the streets. Marijuana,...

Crystal Meth Has Ruined My Relationship 
My boyfriend of 5 years has been a meth addict since I meet him. We have a beautiful daughter together. Life is good when he is home and sober. He is home ...

My Husband's Alcoholism Has Destroyed our Marriage 
Hi there. I've been married for 13 yrs now and my husband as always battled with drink. In February last year he was admitted to hospital and he was diagnosed ...

I Beat two of the Worst Addictions ( Heroin & Crystal Meth ) but now a Medication my Doctor gave me has Knocked me back down to the floor and this time I'm Dying but still can't get up. 
I will first start off by introducing myself, my name is Nicole and I have been a struggling addict for the last five years of my thirty-two that I have ...

Amber's Story: My Parents Are Addicts and are now Addicted to Heroin 
I am 18 years old and ever since I can remember my father was always addicted to something - alcohol, gambling, cocaine, and pot. He has always smoked ...

Five Years Sober – How I’ve Done It 
I'd just like to share a few ideas as to how I managed to recently reach the five year mark of my new life in sobriety. This is not intended to brag about ...

How I was Addicted to Sleeping Pills. Seven Years Clean Now 
When I was 16, I had problems sleeping and asked a doctor friend for help. She gave me sleeping pills, which worked well for a week, and when these stopped ...

Meharun's Story: My Husband is a Drug Addict 
I got married when I was 19 to a 30 year old. Falling in love was wonderful then. He was a great person. We married despite the difference in religious ...

My Life with an Alcoholic ...... 
The pattern just keeps going on and on. I must be brave and try to harden my heart to survive. I have called the attorney for the 5th time, my appointment ...

Shane's Alcoholism Story: I Think I Could Be an Alcoholic or en Route 
I am 21 years old, and I have been abusing alcohol from the age of 14/15. I come from a broken home. My dad was an alcoholic and a drug addict. He walked ...

How My Addiction to Cocaine and Alcohol Left Me on the Streets 
I was brought up in a good home and I always said I'd never do drugs, alcohol or cigarettes. Lesson number one: Never say never. In my 20's I moved to ...

Losing My Family Due To My Boyfriend's Cocaine Addiction 
I have been in a relationship with my boyfriend for three years now and we have been battling his addiction to cocaine and alcohol ever since.

I thought ...

Alida's Story: Living With My Husband's Alcoholism 
I have been married for 17 years and we have 5 children. My husband has been drinking for years but its only during the past year that his drinking has ...

My Husband's Alcoholism is Tearing Our Family Apart: Should I Leave Him? 
I am sitting here crying at 2:00 in the morning. I just finished "scream" texting him for the last hour to get home and like always he is ignoring my ...

Paula's Story: I Feel Like I Could Lose Everything Because Of My Drinking 
I am a 32 year old mature student studying nursing, have a fabulous 5 year old daughter, a wonderful boyfriend and home that we share together.

However,...

The Dance of Addiction 
My daughter has been battling addiction from the age of 15. She is 20 now. I belong to Toastmasters and decided it was time to write a speech telling my ...

Steve's Story: Alcohol is Killing Me 
Alcohol has been my companion for the best part of 20 years now. My relationship with alcohol started off as a casual fling, like it does with most people ...

A Horrible Legacy of Alcoholism and Addiction in my Family 
I am 42 years old and I come from an Irish family with a long history of alcoholism and addiction. Unfortunately in the past 2 years I have lost a father ...

Barbara's Alcoholism Story: On The Road to Recovery ... Three Weeks and Counting  
My life was going off the rails quickly. I had stopped taking my anti-depressants for mild bipolar disorder when I was on holiday and felt well.

Then ...

End of the Rope: How My Husband's Addiction Is Ruining our Marriage 
We met working in a bar/restaurant together and if anyone's had any experience with that, well servers and bartenders are generally a young, partying bunch....

My 23 Year Old Son is Destroying His Life with Drinking - 7 Years Now & Counting 
My 23 year old son started drinking from the age of 15.(so far as we know, could have been earlier)

My daughter (now 28, a college grad, wonderful ...

Gloria's Alcohol Addiction Recovery Story: Two Years Sober - and so Far so Good  
On the one hand it feels like yesterday that I was leaving treatment - and beginning my alcohol addiction recovery process - and on the other hand it feels ...

My Teenage Daughter's Fight With Drug Addiction  
Imagine your life as a circle, with a dot depicting each part of your life – your work, family, friends, schools, interests and hobbies. Now imagine, just ...

I Survived Drug Addiction - Amy 
My Drug Addiction Story. Perhaps I felt I was never good enough because I wasn’t a boy as my father constantly pointed out. Maybe it had something to do ...

I Lost My Entire Life to Dope: Living the Nightmare of my ex-Husband's Addiction to Heroin and Meth 
My ex husband Bob (all names changed) - smoked our entire life. We were married 17 years and together for 19. HE was an ok husband. Good provider but kind ...

Caroline's Alcoholism Story: I'm Not Sure I Can Put Up With My Husband's Drinking Anymore 
My name is Caroline and have a wonderful husband and three beautiful children! Alcohol has detroyed my husband and all of our relationship.

I have ...

Jake's Story: Alcoholic or Drug Addict? I don't really know ... 
Am I an alcoholic? Possibly. Am I a drug addict? Probably. All I know is that my life is a mess right now and if I don't get myself together I'm probably ...

Katherine's Drug Addiction Story: How My Boyfriend's Addiction to Heroin Almost Destroyed Me 
Most ‘straight’ people don’t fall in love with drug addicts or if they do, are wise enough not to pursue their passion.

It took me a year to reassess ...

Mike's Story: I Want To Quit Drinking Bad. 
Well I sit here at 4AM can't sleep because I drank today and fell bad mentally.

I usually drink 2-3 times a week, but when I drink its always too much....

C-P's Drug Addiction and Alcoholism Story 
You may have read about my drug and alcoholism addiction story already on the 'About Page', but in case you haven't, and in the spirit of sharing and wanting ...

Lisa's Story - How Mum Finally Beat Her Alcoholism 
I'd like to tell you about how my Mum got treated for her alcoholism.

Mum had been an alcoholic for many years - but of course she never thought of ...