True Hard-Hitting Stories Of The
Realities of Alcoholism and Drug Addiction

Seventeen Years Old and I Need Help For My Drug and Alcohol Addiction 
I'm seventeen years old and i feel like I've experienced more than most forty year olds. I am a self proclaimed drug addict and alcoholic. My mom and dad …

Some Thoughts So Far On Attempting to Achieve Sobriety 
This is my first attempt at this. I started drinking as a teen at times when I was with a boyfriend (who was older) and his friends. I used it to fit in …

I Lost Five Family Members to Alcohol and Drugs. 
I have no idea where to start as my heart is deeply grieved and broken as I lost a cousin yesterday who was like my brother and best friend. Tommy died …

I Am a Mother and a Nurse .... and I Am an Alcoholic. I'm Scared!!! 
I am a mother of two beautiful children that I have lost custody of about a year ago. I'm fighting everyday to get my children back ... I have gone to …

Only A Few (Drinks) What Harm Can It Do! ... Or At Least So I Thought! 
I have been growing increasingly concerned about my own drinking. Its got to the stage where its not normal now and need to find a way of cutting down. …

Yes You Can Get The Alcoholic Out Of Your Life!! 
I just wanted to say for the first time in many years, I feel like myself a bit. I have been married to a closet alcoholic for over 18 years who is verbally …

I'm a Mum and a Doctor ... But Alcohol Has Become a Real Problem For Me 
I've never done this before, that is, tell my story, but I think I've reached the end of the road here. I'm a single mum of a 12 month old boy, I'm a …

My Homeless, Drug Addicted, Angry Brother that Doesn't want Help! 
My brother is 5 yrs. older than I; he will be 35 next month. He has been using drugs/alcohol since he was 15. My family & I have undergone so much pain …

Letting Go ... and How That's Helped My Daughter Get Into Rehab 
My 15 Year Old Daughter runs away and does Meth. A Protective Parent, I was always cleaning up the mess's she made of life. I got up the other Morning, …

Giving Up On My Marriage of 28 years Due To My Husband's Addictions to Alcohol and Other Substances 
I met my husband 29 years ago. My father was an alcoholic. My husband did not drink when we met and were subsequently married. During my first pregnancy, …

Depressed Alcoholic at 21 
I'm a 21 year old female and I am an alcoholic. I started to drink at the age of 11. I am European - that's why I had easy access to alcohol. As it goes …

Drugs Stole My Big Brother Away From Me. 
I am 22 years old. My brother has had a drug addiction since I was 15. He is now 26 years old. That's how long my family has had to live through this ... …

Letting Go Of My "Best Friend" (Alcohol) Long Story ... 3 Days Sober 
I am 45 years old and three days sober. Growing up, my Grandparents would come over with a bottle of bourbon just to hang out on a Saturday. At home they …

My Partner Is a Meth Addict. He Knows He Has an Addiction But What Are The Right Steps To Take Now ? 
Hi I am a 26 yr old female with a boyfriend of 28 who has a deep addiction to "ICE". He was a heroin addict in his past but has got himself 'so-called' …

My Husband Roland's Battle With Drugs. 
I lost my husband on September 12, 2011. I awoke to silence which is unusual since my husband was a heavy snorer. The last thing he spoke to me that night …

Never Saw The Signs: My Boyfriend Shooting Up and His Heroin Addiction 
My boyfriend just recently got admitted to rehab. He lived with me and I never saw the signs of him shooting up. I was so blind to it all. He was such …

My 22 Year Old Son Addicted to Heroin 
He started at the age of 17 and used for almost three years. He was "clean" on Suboxone for those three years and relapsed three times. He finally had …

Nicole's Alcohol Addiction: I Promised Myself I'd Never Be Like My Mother, Only To Realise ... 
I grew up with an alcoholic mother and always felt that I was the grown up and not her. As a teen I was very rebellious - at thirteen I started smoking …

My Ex-Husband's Alcoholism is Killing My Son 
I was married to a hard core alcoholic for 13 years and we have one son 13 years old. The marriage was never good then the alcoholism just kept getting …

My Husband's Alcoholism: He Has Promised to Change for 30 Years Making My Life a Misery 
My husband has made my life a misery for 30 years. He has promised me over and over again, literally thousands of times that he will stop drinking because …

My Mothers Keeper: Trying To Save My Mom From Her Drug Addiction 
It all started when I was 12. My Mom had a boyfriend that used to do drugs during that time. His preference of drug was Angel Dust/Cocaine. I noticed my …

Steve's struggle with Alcohol Induced Depression. 
Since the age of 20, I am now 51 I have over the years had severe bouts of depression, I didn't realize it until I was 36 that alcohol was actually the …

Growing Up With an Alcoholic Mother: Never Ending Cycle of Pain  
My single-parent mother has been an alcoholic for 20 years. She has been to rehab, hospital and A & E over 10 times within this period. Miraculously neither …

My Dad, The Depressed Alcoholic. 
Hello! My name is Rosey, I'm 15 and a Sophomore at high school. This year has been awful. Here is a background check-- A couple years ago, my mother was …

My Mother a Violent Alcoholic  
Nearly four years ago my family started having financial problems, at this point we lived in France. My father worked from home, and he started working …

My Step-Son's Drug Addiction 
My step-son is an addict. He has been in detox and rehabs numerous times but always leaves before completion. He has stolen from me, my children and anyone …

Parents Sometimes Fail: Four Children are Drug Addicts and My Wife Alcoholic 
Father of 6 children. 5 boys and 1 daughter. 4 users and 2 sober ones. Wife? Well she is an alcoholic too. Me - well I am a moving target. Pretty much …

Going Down Slowly: My Boyfriend's Relapse Into Drug Addiction 
I myself am a recovering alcoholic approaching my 5th year of sobriety, last year I met a man whom told me he himself had been free of booze and meth for …

My Dad's Alcoholism Has Ruined Our Family 
Where do I start. My name is K, I am 15 years old. I'm a sophomore in high school. My dad is an alcoholic. It started when I was ending 1st grade and going …

Jen's Love and Compassion for Crack Addicted Boyfriend 
My ex-boyfriend is addicted to crack and alcohol I am not a user. The first month of our relationship was great till I learnt the extent of his problem. …

My Brother's Alcoholism Story and How He Almost Killed Himself 
My name is "Lisa". I am 28 years old and my brother, Dave, 30, is an alcoholic and suffers from severe depression many other mental health issues. I'm …

An Alcoholic Mother and a Violent Father 
Ever since I was born, all I could remember is their fighting. I remember my parents throwing chairs around, plates, and forks and knives, anything that …

My Hate and Love for a Drug Addict 
I was with a drug addict for almost six years. I helped him get on his feet. Then I started to notice while I was at work my things started to come up …

White Demons: The Story of My Addiction to Crack 
I was always looking for that new rush and tried the entire A-Z line of drugs. Reading others stories of there addictions and heartaches brought back so …

Here I Go Again: My Out of Control Drinking Problem is Torture 
Well, I need to express myself by sharing my story. I am 29. (single female). So, when you meet me initially, you think wow this girl has it ALL together …

Rising Above Addiction: I Am the Only 'Straight' Person In My Family 
Stories of addiction come in many ways. Some come from the addicts themselves and weather they overcame it. Many overcame it and many have not. Mine is …

My Father's Alcoholism: Feel Like I'm Being Stabbed With a Knife ... 
I am now 15 years old, my parents divorced when I was about 12 years old. It was really hard on me and my siblings but we managed to go through it. They …

Dani's Alcoholism Story: I Am Ready to Quit Drinking 
Again I was at work and received an email from my fiancé that he can no longer deal with my drinking and that he thought I was going to just drink socially, …

Ruby's Alcoholism is Destroying My Best Friend 
My name is B, I am thirteen years old. Ruby is my best friend's mother. She is an alcoholic and has been for a very long time. Longer than I have known …

My Mother is a Drug Addict, My Father an Alcoholic: My Struggle Because of My Parents 
I'm 17 years old and have a brother who is almost 14. My parents got divorced when I was 7. My father immediately remarried and had two other children; …

25 and Struggling ... An Alcholic at a Young Age 
Hello everyone! My name is Sarah J. I am an alcoholic. I would like to say I'm in recovery - but recovery is not playing out perfectly for me. I went …

My Ex Is An Alcoholic: Don't Get Sucked In Like I Did. Be Happy and Healthy. 
I started dating a beautiful, smart, well spoken woman a little over a year ago. Some red flags started to show .... odd behaviour on the phone, a few …

A Daughter's Nightmare: A Mother's Depression and Alcoholism 
Hi. I'm not sure where to begin. My mom was always a party girl when she was younger. No one had ever suspected anything apparently. We moved many times, …

Still Trying to Figure Out If He Has An Alcohol Problem: A Wife's Story 
Hi. My name is Monica. I am 27 years old. I am an addict. Not an active addict but an addict non the less. I am 8 years clean. I did cocaine, Ecstasy and …

The Other Woman: How Alcoholism Has Ruined My Marriage 
I met my husband 30 years ago. I was 17. He was 19. He was in the US Navy and he drank beer. I didn't care at 17. In fact, it was what he could do for …

How Do I Let Go of Being a Mother? My Son's Heroin Addiction is Killing Me 
My son is now 26. He has been through rehab, detox, AA, NA, sober living homes, rescues, hospitals, jail, jobs and homes more than you could ever imagine. …

Kitty's Alcoholism Story: The Sleeping Lion 
The horror of it all. The complete and utter devastation and gut retching car crash of a life. I'm ashamed to write these pages but know in my heart that …

Jim's Alcoholism Story: I Know I Will Die If I Drink More 
I was born in 1964. My childhood was an unhappy one because my mother was very ill and my father who was an ex-boxer with an alcohol problem who was very …

I Was Let Go Again From Another Job: How Alcohol is Destroying My Life 
Hi. I am 28 yrs old and am sure anyone reading this has read something similar. Not that my story is so exceptional but since I was let go on Friday May …

How My Boyfriend's Addiction Started After He Got Back From Serving in Iraq 
I've been with my fiancé for almost three years now. He was infantry in the army. He got blown up in Iraq and ever since he's been addicted to pain pills. …

Update on Greg & Lori 
Lori finished up her prison sentence (for felony DUI's, domestic violence, parole violation, etc.) in March. Her plan was to get drunk when released on …

Adoring Mother of 3 Heroin Addicts Who Are Now In Recovery 
Hello, I am a married 46 year old mother with 3 sons (29,27,25) who all became heroin addicts. I have pulled two of my sons from places no one should ever …

"Grass in the Shed:" How My Addiction To Drugs Started ... 
I remember it all started with one cigarette about a year and five months ago, I still smoke cigarettes to this day. When summer time came and my best …

In Love with an Addict and Am Having a Hard Time Making a Healthy Decision for Myself ... 
My brother at the young age of 15 got addicted to heroin and other sorts of opiates and hallucinogens. Two years later he got help and became clean, …

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.....wife, …

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 …

How Drugs Ruined My Family 
When I was 18 I met what I thought 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 …

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 …

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,speed …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Had He Been Honest About the ALCOHOL From The First Date ... 
I met and fell in love with this great guy that I used to know from school. On our very first date we talked about DEAL BREAKERS, as I told him I was …

How Alcoholism Ruins Relationships 
I have been married now for 25 years to an alcoholic. I did not realize it for the first 10 years. Busy having children trying to be a good wife and good …

My Battle with Alcoholism 
I am an alcoholic, I can say that now because its gone too far, so there is no longer room for denial. I don't drink everyday and especially can't drink …

My Sister an Alcoholic and My Nephew's son a Heroin Addict 
I once had a "wonderful" sister who laughed all the time. She cared about herself, all her family members, and her home. She adopted my nephew's son and …

The Mother of my Fiance is a Drug Addict.. Her Role in His Life Could Cause Us To Break Up 
My fiance and I have been together for almost 3 years. We have already planned our wedding for next year. We have also started looking at houses together …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Leonova's Alcoholism Story: Born Into An Alcoholic Home 
Both of my parents were alcoholics when I was born. As long as I can remember I could see or smell alcohol in the air of almost every inch of our apartment. …

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 …

A 16 Year Old Recovering From Drug and Alcohol Addiction. Not rated yet
I want to share some of what I have gone through in my life to show people that If I can overcome it so can you. Im not sure how many characters I'm allowed …

Pinky's Story: My Life With An Alcoholic Not rated yet
I have been married to an alcoholic for many years, and like many of you I am incredibly lonely. I fill my life with children, or else I would go crazy. …

Crackhead 'Boyfriend' Destroyed Our Relationship and Will Blame It On Me Not rated yet
I am sober many years and fell in love with a man who had been a chronic relapser. He was doing very well for a while, was born again and appeared to have …

My Life Dealing With Addicted Men Not rated yet
Recently I got the news that an ex boyfriend, my first love, someone I was with for almost 5 years, hung himself because of his struggles with addiction …

Prospective Success Overcoming Alcohol Not rated yet
I am currently 21 years old. My father was an alcoholic and a drug addict, and my grandfather's alcoholism eventually led to his premature death due to …

Party Girl Gone Awry! My Destructive Sister And Her Alcoholism Not rated yet
My older sister use to be fun to be around. She was always up for partying. Until one day I stopped by in the morning and it wasn't even 11am yet and there …

The Story of My Drug Addiction: The Pill Head Not rated yet
I started using about 10 years ago. First pot, then xanax and crack. I have lost so much because of the drugs - my children, my self. It all started when …

Alex 's Story of Heroin Addiction Not rated yet
Were to start ... Well I guess I'll start with presenting me ... My name is Alex, I am 16 years old, I've got 1 little brother and my parents - and all …

My Father the Alcoholic Who Abused Me and My Mom Not rated yet
When I was a kid my father would get drunk and beat me up on petty issues. Sometimes with a broom or a pipe. He would talk abusively all the time. My mother …

My Boyfriend The Cocaine Addict and Alcoholic: It's Hard To Let Go Not rated yet
I really do not know where to began. I been dating this guy for 2 years, we have a really good relationship. When I met him, I heard stories that he had …

My Heroin and Meth Addiction: So Far Yet So Close Not rated yet
Since I was 13 going on 14 I started to smoke meth and dropped out of school. Lost all my friends and isolated myself, I know right, extremely young. Only …

Heroin Addiction: My Family Saved My Life Not rated yet
I was always learning things the hard way throughout my life. Drug and alcohol addiction was no exception. I thought I had it all figured out. I had a …

SH's Alcohol Abuse: The Father My Son Never Got To Meet Not rated yet
I myself abused alcohol for a time in my college years, and when drunk had an accident (not in a car) that left me with a spinal cord injury and permanently …