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Bethany’s Story
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...
Amanda’s Story
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
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...
Brittany’s Story
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...
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...
Miranda’s Story, Recovering Beautifully
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...
Jordan’s Story, Recovering Beautifully.
It was September 11th, 2009. I slowly and painfully opened my eyes to see a screenshot of the Twin Towers collapsing on the news in a memorial tribute they were conducting. I wanted to feel empathy for the pain these people were experiencing, but I couldn’t. I...
TO THE PEOPLE WHO SAY I’VE CHANGED…
I realize I don't owe anyone an explanation, so I'd like to get that out of the way first. I am completely aware that I am not responsible for how people perceive me -- especially when their perceptions are askew. Full disclosure, this isn't for them—it's for me. Why...
Shelby’s Story – Recovering Beautifully.
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...
Coco’s Story – Recovering Beautifully.
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...