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I didn’t plan to relapse. Most people don’t. I had 93 days clean—nearly to the day. I’d stopped counting. Started smiling again. People were proud of me, and for a...
Relapse doesn’t mean your child is broken. It doesn’t mean you failed. It means this is hard. It means they need more support—not more shame. If your young adult son...
It’s hard to explain to someone who hasn’t been there. You had 90 days. Maybe more. You were sleeping through the night again, your laugh came back, and your friends...
I was one of those people who said treatment didn’t work. Not once—multiple times. I went, I tried, I left. Or sometimes, I stayed and just checked boxes until the...
It doesn’t always start with a rock bottom. Sometimes, it starts with a subtle hunch—an uneasy feeling that your relationship with alcohol might not be serving you anymore. You’re not...
Being newly diagnosed doesn’t come with a handbook—just a swirl of emotions, decisions, and often, pressure. You may hear terms like bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder, or generalized anxiety and...
There’s a quiet fear many people carry into recovery but don’t say out loud: What if getting better means losing myself? If you’ve used substances to feel more alive, expressive,...
You wake up. You function. You smile when you need to. The bills are paid. The kids are fed. Your calendar is full. You’re the friend who remembers birthdays and...
There was a time I thought maybe I just couldn’t be helped. It’s not like I didn’t try. I showed up. I filled out the intake forms. I nodded in...
When you’re watching your child unravel and you don’t know why—it’s terrifying. Maybe they’re not the same person they were six months ago. Maybe they won’t get out of bed,...
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