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“Dear Dad” – Anonymous Submission
*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...
Nicole’s Story – Recovering Beautifully.
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...
Kirsta’s Story – Recovering Beautifully.
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...
Emily’s Story – Recovering Beautifully.
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...
“Last Tuesday” – By Aubrie M. (Recovering Beautifully)
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...
Ambree’s Story – Recovering Beautifully.
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...
Gary’s Story – Recovering Beautifully.
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...
Brittany’s Story – Recovering Beautifully.
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...
Shannan’s Story – Recovering Beautifully.
I had a wonderful childhood. Hard working father and a loving and attentive mother. I have one brother, two years my junior and we were very close growing up. Middle class family in a beautiful neighborhood. The picture perfect "normal" family. I met and fell in love...
Larry’s Story – Recovering Beautifully.
I grew up the youngest of four, in Ohio. I dabbled in every drug known to man: pot, acid, brown mescaline, and I recall something from the late 70’s we took called horse tranquilizers? I’d hang with kids going to keggers, and waking up in bushes with no shoes on...