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Each week I am going to be posting an inspirational story from someone who has battled, and overcome adversity. You were all so moved by my story, so imagine what a VILLAGE of us sharing our truths can do! Drugs, alcohol, food, sex, gambling, hoarding, self-harm, co-dependency, abuse, violence, whatever it is you have survived, I […]

Ashley’s Story, Recovering Beautifully.

Posted on August 22, 2019 Leave a Comment

*TW: Eating disorder.* So I softly said to my body “I want to be your friend.” It took a long deep breath and said “I’ve been waiting a lifetime for this.” When I made the decision and had this chat with my mind and body it took months of waking up and deciding, “I am […]

Overcoming Autism: A Mother’s Story of Triumph in the Face of Adversity.

Posted on August 1, 2019 2 Comments

By: Micki Webb Copyright 2019 mickiwebb626@gmail.com I remember the day so vividly, the words ringing hard in my ear pressed against the cold phone, “You’ll need to come into the office. Something is off in the numbers on your AFP test.” The nurse from my OBGYN’s office announced this to my five months pregnant self […]

Recovering Beautifully – Megan’s Story.

***Domestic Violence*** Have you ever made a decision in your life that was so large that it not only changed the direction of your life, but also the lives of those around you? I have. Twice. However, you wouldn’t know it by looking at me. I’m your average mom: I have three kids, a nice […]

Recovering Beautifully – Jessica’s Story.

Posted on May 8, 2019 2 Comments

*TW – Eating Disorder* I’ve always been a little chubbier than the kids my age, but I was never very overweight. I had a normal childhood and did lots of sports in my early years at school. When I approached high school, I stopped doing sports, because I felt like I wasn’t good enough to […]

Recovering Beautifully – Dorothy’s Story.

Posted on May 1, 2019 14 Comments

**trigger warning, drugs and abuse** Hi, my name is Dorothy and I am an addict. Many people in my life, know some of my story, however I have never felt strong enough or brave enough to share it all; until now, thanks to Tiffany and all of the other amazing people that have shared their […]

Bethany’s Story

Posted on March 24, 2019 4 Comments

Most people don’t know this about me, but I have had an eating disorder since I was eight years old. I became anorexic after the third grade, as a result of severe emotional abuse from a couple of people in my life at the time. I’m 23 now, and I’ve fought to get my life […]

Amanda’s Story

Posted on March 17, 2019 3 Comments

You can see clearly from the “then” picture posted above that I was not healthy. I was underweight and my eyes, well, they just look awful. My name is Amanda Burns, I am 26 years old and it has been 3 years, 8 months, and 22 days since I have been free of addiction. I […]

Alexa’s Story

Posted on March 10, 2019 4 Comments

My story starts off like most that you hear of heroin addicts these days. I am a 27-year-old female raised in an upper-class white family who, on the outside, seemed to have everything that everyone wanted. The big house, a family with money, dropped off to school in a BMW. What I didn’t have was […]

Brittany’s Story

Posted on March 3, 2019 2 Comments

It’s been nearly twelve years since I began recovering. I didn’t think of my issue as an addiction until now. I didn’t realize how much I relied on cutting as a coping mechanism. I self-harmed and I’m recovering. But not every day is an easy day. There are days where I long for the pain. […]

Amber’s Story

Ironically, I would normally post about recovery from addiction; which will no doubt be a constant struggle of mine. However, living with abuse is what actually caused me to become a shell of a person. My raver days and journals to God and drugs for decades were all set aside when I married someone. He […]

Miranda’s Story, Recovering Beautifully

Posted on February 12, 2019 11 Comments

Leaving a parent at a treatment center time after time at a young age was life changing. It is a feeling that could only be understood by another child who kept losing their mother over and over to addiction. I thought it would be my lesson on not abusing drugs, my “what not to do.” […]

Shelby’s Story – Recovering Beautifully.

Posted on August 29, 2018 10 Comments

How postpartum depression and anxiety wrecked my world… First off, let me start this by saying I know Postpartum Depression and Postpartum Anxiety are two different things. However, in the case of my life… they came together. Both PPD and PPA sucked the joy out my children’s baby years like an evil little leech. They […]

Coco’s Story – Recovering Beautifully.

Posted on August 15, 2018 46 Comments

It was a Saturday during the wee hours of a frigid November morning in 2015 that I had finally been found out. The wails coming from my hysterical sister’s mouth were horrific. We were on the back patio of her home, and I had just confessed to her my truth—that I was a drug addict. […]

“Dear Dad” – Anonymous Submission

Posted on July 31, 2018 34 Comments

*The following has been submitted to me, and the writer has asked to remain anonymous. Names have been changed to protect the identity of those involved.* I keep telling myself it’s okay to be angry. How could I not be angry after all the anger that my body endured from a man who was […]

Nicole’s Story – Recovering Beautifully.

Posted on July 19, 2018 11 Comments

5 years ago I was happily married, with a beautiful little girl, and the home I always wanted.I felt complete. I had no knowledge of the demons that were hiding inside of me. Over time I started to have struggles with the loss of a previous pregnancy, and I wasn’t quite sure how to cope. […]

Kirsta’s Story – Recovering Beautifully.

Posted on July 9, 2018 12 Comments

Self Harm & Sexual Abuse. (Triggers) I grew up in a very chaotic and abusive family, my father and mother were born into chaotic families themselves and had very little skills in the way of parenting, loving, or emotional/self-regulation. They did the best they could, but it left me and my brother very […]

Emily’s Story – Recovering Beautifully.

Posted on June 29, 2018 11 Comments

Four years ago, I was a stay-home mom to two beautiful children. Despite being in an unfulfilling marriage and feeling like a desperate housewife, my children gave me purpose. Over time, the demands of motherhood and beginning a new career to get out of the home and find myself again, proved too much, too […]

“Last Tuesday” – By Aubrie M. (Recovering Beautifully)

Posted on June 20, 2018 8 Comments

Last Tuesday, my alarm didn’t have a chance to go off as it is on most days. My one year old daughter babbled softly in her crib; the monitor a beacon on my nightstand. I caffeinated and tip-toed around my sleeping husband and blew my hair dry and snuggled my baby and fed the dog. […]

Ambree’s Story – Recovering Beautifully.

Posted on June 14, 2018 23 Comments

I recently celebrated six years clean and sober. How is it possible that the before photo was really me at one time.? I can’t believe I’ve made it this far. I remember getting arrested that morning six years ago like it was yesterday. I was so lost and so broken. I was only a shell […]

Gary’s Story – Recovering Beautifully.

Posted on June 7, 2018 4 Comments

From as early as I can remember, I’ve never felt comfortable in my own skin. The outsides never matched the insides. I had it all growing up. Love from my parents, privileges, opportunities, and material items. Yet somehow, I was never happy and always wanted more. From a very young age I acted out, […]

Brittany’s Story – Recovering Beautifully.

Posted on May 30, 2018 15 Comments

My parents divorced when I was 11 and I felt like I was robbed of a life. We went from family vacations and getting tucked into bed every night, to scraping up loose change in order to eat. Growing up in the house with my mother who was once a safe, at-home housewife, and […]

Cayla’s Story – Recovering Beautifully.

Posted on April 25, 2018 12 Comments

I knew from a very early age that both of my parents were addicted to drugs. By the time I was fourteen my mom had left us to go be with some guy. When I was seventeen, a senior in high school, my dad was handed four – 99 year sentences. Despite this fact, I […]

Emma’s Story – Recovering Beautifully.

Posted on April 12, 2018 15 Comments

The first time I snorted a Percocet, I knew I had found what I had been looking for; something to fill the void in my soul. Something to curb the depression and numb the anxiety. I had tried Vicodin before, but this was different. My body was warm, my smile was almost […]

Dana’s Story – Recovering Beautifully.

Posted on April 4, 2018 18 Comments

June 5, 2011. Dear Diary: Crawling on the filthy floor, dodging needles, old cigarette butts, and moldy fast food wrappers, I was on my hands and knees today looking for a tooth. An expensive tooth. Well, more accurately, an expensive dental crown that fell out of my son’s mouth a couple of days ago. […]

Renea’s Story – Recovering Beautifully.

Posted on March 30, 2018 7 Comments

Food addiction is a hard thing to explain. Even though you can’t go to jail for it – it can leave you feeling like you have no control. Helpless. Worthless. And in the end, it can kill you. People giggle when I tell them I am a recovering food/sugar addict. They respond with “yeah, I […]

Kristin’s Story – Recovering Beautifully.

Posted on March 14, 2018 1 Comment

*Triggers – Drug Use.* I was so good at hiding who I truly was. To the outside world I was a tall blonde, with long legs, who worked full time as a paralegal for one of the top Criminal Defense Attorneys in my area. In the evenings I went to law school to further […]

Jennifer’s Story – Recovering Beautifully.

Posted on March 8, 2018 5 Comments

Trigger – Domestic & Sexual Abuse, Drug References. So what went wrong?? After high school, I met….him. He was the “bad boy”. He was handsome, charming, said all the right things, and for some reason, he showed interest in me. The first time he hit me was because I made a joke at his […]

Ashley’s Story – Recovering Beautifully.

Posted on March 1, 2018 9 Comments

When I was one year old, my dad was a high rise window cleaner and my Mom, a school bus driver. We owned our home, paid our mortgage, visited with family and lived a fairly normal life. Until my dad did not strap himself in, and fell off of a high rise building. Fortunately he […]

Alechia’s Story – Recovering Beautifully.

Posted on February 22, 2018 4 Comments

Hi My Name is Alechia, and I am a Thankful Grateful and Blessed Recoving (Meth) Addict. My Clean Date is July 27 2008. Life wasn’t always the Hell I created it to be, I wasn’t always a prisoner stuck in my own mind. At one point I was a normal, regular girl who started going […]

Tracy’s Story – Recovering Beautifully.

Posted on February 15, 2018 6 Comments

Jesus is a buzz killer…this is my story of recovery. My name is Tracy, I am 47 years old and I am a recovering alcoholic. I remember my first taste of beer. When I was a little girl my Dad would let me “pour” his beer for him. I would get a special amber colored […]

Annie’s Story – Recovering Beautifully.

Posted on January 11, 2018 5 Comments

My name is Annie and I am a addict. I come from a family of addicts. My mother, father and siblings battled this miserable disease long before I did. So let’s just say the odds have been stacked against me since I escaped the womb. My parents were also extremely abusive to one another. I can […]