 
							
					
															
					
					 by Tiffany Jenkins | Feb 8, 2018 | Recovering Beautifully - Your Stories of Hope.
***Triggers – Self Harm*** My story isn’t your typical addiction story.   My story begins when I was thirteen years old, and I accidently got a scratch on my arm. At that moment, I remember feeling a sense of pain… But in a strange way, it also felt...				
					
			
					
											
								 
							
					
															
					
					 by Tiffany Jenkins | Feb 1, 2018 | Recovering Beautifully - Your Stories of Hope.
***Triggers – Graphic drug language and unwanted sexual situations***       I would say I had it pretty good growing up since I was never abused or molested, but growing up with an alcoholic/addict stepfather made for a pretty tumultuous home life...				
					
			
					
											
								 
							
					
															
					
					 by Tiffany Jenkins | Jan 25, 2018 | Recovering Beautifully - Your Stories of Hope.
**Trigger – Miscarriage** I was nineteen when I had my first miscarriage… I started having a severe pain on my left ovary, and I went to doctor after doctor for years trying to find the cause of it—with no success.  I was referred to pain management,...				
					
			
					
											
								 
							
					
															
					
					 by Tiffany Jenkins | Jan 20, 2018 | Recovering Beautifully - Your Stories of Hope.
“You know I hate when you just stand there and stare at me,” my husband said from the couch, barely looking up from his video game. “Yeah, but I married you, which means that I get to stare at you whenever I want,”  I replied as a mildly...				
					
			
					
											
								 
							
					
															
					
					 by Tiffany Jenkins | Jan 11, 2018 | Recovering Beautifully - Your Stories of Hope.
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...