I remember thinking: If I go into residential treatment, I’ll never have fun again. I’ll be sidelined from everything I used to love. I worried I’d come out with no
You may feel torn. You love them, you fear for them, and part of you wonders: how do I keep them safe when everything feels fragile? When someone you love
Some nights, it isn’t the present that hurts. It’s the past. A single sound, smell, or phrase can open a door you’ve been trying to keep closed for years. Maybe
You may not know what to say. Or where to start. Or if you’re even allowed to. If you’ve dropped out of treatment, relapsed, or ghosted your recovery plan—especially if
Loving someone in addiction often feels like trying to swim while hauling bricks. You move. Barely. Bruised. Exhausted. But you keep going—because you believe you must. Because love, to you,
Being young and sober can feel like standing outside in the rain while everyone else is partying inside. You scroll your feed and see drinks, pills, blurry nights. You hear
You didn’t plan for this. Your child is in crisis, and nothing seems to help. Maybe their behavior has become frightening—violent outbursts, reckless choices, nights where they don’t come home.
I didn’t know I was carrying trauma—I just knew I couldn’t breathe. There wasn’t one major event. Just a thousand quiet moments where my body felt tight, my mind raced,
You don’t have to hit rock bottom to feel the distance growing. For many high-functioning adults—parents, professionals, caretakers—opioid addiction doesn’t crash in like a hurricane. It seeps in like fog.
I didn’t hit rock bottom the way movies or headlines say you’re supposed to. No dramatic overdose. No jail time. No final straw that everyone could point to and say,
When you’re newly sober, the hardest part often isn’t saying no to the substance—it’s sitting with everything that comes roaring in when the noise fades. Grief you didn’t expect. Loneliness
I want to say something right off the bat that might feel impossible to believe: You didn’t choose this. I know, I know. Maybe you’re thinking, “But I said yes
