A story about a 23 year old young mans battles and recovery.

This poem states this woman's stages of addiction and her recovery.

This is a poem written by a young lady in jail. She was addicted to Crystal Meth, and was found dead soon after her release,  with a needle still in her arm.

WASHINGTON—At the beginning of each new year, countless Americans make resolutions to change their behavior-losing weight, starting to exercise, spending more time with their families, or some other changes they hope will make them happier and healthier. Statistics show millions of Americans should consider another resolution: Seeking help for their abuse of substances such as alcohol, prescription medications, and illicit drugs.

Think of all that we have lost as humanity...

Most of us in recovery have an intensely critical side to our nature, often called our critical parent, which constantly accentuates the flaws in ourselves and everything we encounter.

Lots of misunderstanding about the words "higher power" could be cleared up for believers if they do a quick study on a good Concordance like the Poe Concordance and check out the following usages in the Big Book: "Creator," "Maker," "Father," "Spirit," "God" [over 400 times counting the capitalized pronouns and the foregoing descriptions taken from the Good Book], "Heavenly Father," and the statement that it means, of course, that we are going to talk about "God."

As you read this article we have already celebrated Thanksgiving and now we move into the ‘religious’ holiday season, with particular emphasis upon Hanukkah and Christmas.

If you have made a decision that you might benefit from stopping drinking or using addictive substances, and are considering the 12 step programs as a potential solution to your problem, I must say from personal experience you are definitely barking up the right tree.

Shows like Intervention, along with regular photo blasts of this or that celebrity being ushered into some treatment center, slightly veiled from the glare of the paparazzi by a scarf, a hood or a large pair of sunglasses..... have gone a long way to break down walls when it comes to looking at addiction as an illness that can strike anyone, any where at any time.

On the road to a healthy lifestyle we strive to maintain a routine that enriches our lives and uplifts our spirit. You can have a positive mental attitude and appreciate all the little things.

Our earliest experiences with nourishment have a significant effect on our desire to live and ability to thrive in life. How we are fed as infants and children stimulates blissful or stressful feelings.

“A New Way Out” shows emphatically that the same power and love of God that enabled the recovery and cure of early A.A. members in Akron is available today to those who suffer.

One of my favorite steps is the 12^th step, which states: “Having had a spiritual awakening as a result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.” (Alcoholics Anonymous)