I don't believe drug addiction is a disease.  I just have a comment about drug addiction.

I believe it is a choice to use drugs I don't believe every drug addict has a disease.

When you start ...

Young mother one step away from death.  I have a 24yr old daughter who is addicted to heroin and other drugs for years now, with no desire to get help because she feels she doesn't need it.

She ...

Still Counting  My name is Justin Tann. I'm 24, from Long Island. I'm an opiate/opioid addict and have been that way for the past 5 years or so.

I'm in the Suboxone ...

Cocaine Addiction: Hell on earth  For the past three years i have been addicted to cocaine and i have no job and i need support and praying to help me overcome my addiction.

I'm a 20 ...

Life after meth is possible!  I wish I knew that life was actually possible after using meth. I wanted to stop every minute of everyday for years, but the withdrawals were so intense....

Meth Addiction: Keren's Story  This is very difficult for me to write and share but if it helps just one young person out there who is considering taking meth not too, then it is worth ...

Broken Home 

I started using drugs when I was 13 years old. I remember sitting in my bathroom with one of my friends smoking weed out of a soda can.

I couldn'...

mariah holbrook  Hi my name is Mariah Holbrook and I would like to tell you about my drug addiction and how I got past it. I have been doing drugs for four years. To me ...

Prostituting Crackhead at 13 Years Old  I was 13 when I started my addiction. I was a pretty shy and quiet kid...my biological father was hard on drugs and didn’t want me and was very abusive....

"Is this really happening to me ?"  I am sitting here today as a true testimony that you can beat addiction through faith in God and changing your lifestyle. I was a young promising school ...

My Son is a Junky  3 years ago I found out that my son was using heroin and that he had been arrested for home robberies to support his habit. It was the biggest shock of ...

I can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel...  It all began when I was 18 years old, I was young, naive and I thought I knew it all...

I was abused as a child and extremely sheltered so when I did ...

Athlete Abused Overdosed- Died 11 Minutes--God Raised Dead   I was a well-known athlete in the city of St. Louis, decided to smoke marijuana with the high school basketball teammates.

The addiction from this ...

Finally escaped!!!!  Hi, well where do you begin when you’re sharing your story of your addiction?

There’s that much to say, and so many tales to tell. I became involved ...

Meeting the devil face 2 face...  Hello there, well I'm guessing if your reading this you may have had addiction in your life some how maybe it was you who has the addiction?

Well I ...

15-Year-Old Author Writes to Help Other Kids Cope  Excerpted from Chasing Happiness: One Boy’s Guide to Helping Other Kids Cope with Divorce, Parental Addictions and Death

It was New Year’s Eve 2009,...

UK Counselling Directory   All addicts, from any walk of life, in any situation, face one universal problem to take the first step on the road to recovery – accepting they are suffering ...

Addict in recovery three years part 1  The first time I knew that I loved Hydrocodone was as a child. I had my tonsils removed and I took the syrup, it made me feel safe.

The next experience ...

Oxcontin Addiction  My Name is Devon.

I have battled an Oxycontin addiction many times in my life.

I was a heavy partier in my early days and took excessive amounts ...

Free at Last Just for Today  I am a 60 year young revovering addict, who used and abused drugs, myself and others for 34 years. my drug of choice was more even though I would rather ...

Easy Access   “Kevin” was a registered nurse and participating in a short-term out-patient recovery program. Unlike many people who come into rehab, Kevin knew he had ...

Popping Pills  “Judy” was participating in a long-term residential drug treatment program, and was three months into a six-month scheduled stay. He had sustained an injury ...

Your Important Experience  In meeting and working with drug addiction recovery patients over the years I have found that one of the most important aspects of their recovery is having ...