Our understanding of the word ‘addiction’ is often subjective to our own individual experiences. It could be from watching our loved ones struggle with addiction, from struggling with it ourselves or a misunderstanding that stems from a lack of proper orientation of what the term ‘addict’ actually means, hence clinging to a demonized perception of […]
The Pursuit of Love
If you ask a bunch of different people what love is, you are most likely to get a bunch of different answers. People understand and express love in ways that are different from other people. It is this difference in the understanding and the display of love that drives how we react when other people […]
How I lost 70 Pounds and overcame Obesity
Hi my name is Chris Weller and I have lost 70 pounds. Back in May of 2017, I had a huge health scare as I found out I was at 33% body fat. I was 295 pounds and I was eating my way to an early grave as I was at risk of getting diabetes […]
Slipping on ICE
Wether you’re on an ice rink or a glass pipe. It’s hard to get control when you’re slipping and sliding on ice. You can see the sideboards willing to support you back to the doors of safety, but getting to them you fall 100 times. Sound familiar? Ice, crystal, speed, METH… Same idea. You step […]
Alcohol And Cigarettes: A family of 5 down to 2
The following story is 100% true, and the events that followed happened from April 2015 – Present Day I watched the movie Cool Hand Luke when I was going through depression in 2011. The film was about a veteran that got drunk and destroyed government parking meters and got sent to prison. He, later on, […]
My last days drinking…followed by a huge surprise.
Hi, my name is Adam. I’m 35 years old, and my sober date is June 5th, 2015. Although I’ve done every drug, and even had an IV heroin stage several years ago, which was horrific, my spirit drug so to speak, was always booze. From the age of 12, I drank alone, stealing expensive liquors […]