Stories of Addiction

Andrea did not start using drugs until her twenties. She married and had children but she lost these to drugs and alcoho... Read more

Curiosity plays a big role in every aspect of our lives. Stefan’s heroin addiction began with him being curious about dr... Read more

Heather had ambitions of becoming a doctor. However, too much alcohol caused her to redirect her goals towards becoming ... Read more

Ivy’s recovery from addiction was a long journey that started when she first got hooked on alcohol at the age of sixteen... Read more

A 26-year-old male shares his journey from alcohol in middle school to heroin in his mid-twenties and how his life fell ... Read more

Addiction comes to some of us like a wave of an innocent hand, or a margarita on our 15th birthday. Amanda’s spiral of a... Read more

Insecurity is often the factor that leads to addiction and abuse of drugs. Growing up with Tourette’s, Clara found that ... Read more

Whitney is a very attractive, slim, blonde, blue-eyed, white woman; not the typical look associated with severe drug add... Read more

Dysfunctional family life tends to manifest for some people into addiction. Having learned he was adopted at a very youn... Read more

Michelle is a single woman aged 29. Her parents did not provide a good environment for her and her siblings growing up. ... Read more

Meet Kendra, a thirty-four-year-old woman who shares her ten-year journey of back pain pills, heroin, homelessness and r... Read more

Luke had very little structure in his early teens. Smoking weed occasionally at eleven years old led to smoking pot heav... Read more

Sterling is a 34-year old male from Santa Cruz, California. He talks honestly about this addiction to heroin (and use of... Read more

Everybody has a chance at a better life, even when that chance means reforming your life in prison. In this episode, Pau... Read more

Born to a teenage mother, Aquia, an African American female who is now 23 years old, started abusing alcohol at age 12 w... Read more

Steve used marijuana as a gateway drug to alcohol. He started using marijuana at age thirteen with an older brother and ... Read more

Mike's parents divorced when he was eight years old. Their domestic violence affected him. He was drinking hard at twelv... Read more

Alcohol addiction starts when everything goes black after that first drink and all you want is to keep drinking even whe... Read more

Mike started using alcohol at age fifteen and progressed quickly to ecstasy, cocaine, norco, roxy and heroin. Mike was e... Read more

Marty, a 31-year-old male, talks about his real-life experience with heroin addiction and his journey of recovery. He is... Read more