by Tiffany Jenkins | Apr 25, 2018 | Recovering Beautifully - Your Stories of Hope.
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...
by Tiffany Jenkins | Apr 19, 2018 | Recovery from addiction
I wish I could take credit for “The Toolbox”, but it’s actually something I was introduced to when I first got clean. A woman named Sharon would talk about it every morning, at the 7:30 Wake-up meeting. It was actually her answer for everything:...
by Tiffany Jenkins | Apr 12, 2018 | Recovering Beautifully - Your Stories of Hope.
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...
by Tiffany Jenkins | Apr 4, 2018 | Recovering Beautifully - Your Stories of Hope., Recovery from addiction
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...
by Tiffany Jenkins | Mar 30, 2018 | Recovering Beautifully - Your Stories of Hope.
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...
by Tiffany Jenkins | Mar 15, 2018 | On a serious note., Recovery from addiction
Hey friends! I’ve been hiding one of my truths from you guys, and I didn’t want to voice it until I had a solution. Thanks to a suggestion from one of my supporters, Tara, I think I’ve found it. I’ve been carrying a tremendous amount of guilt...
