Recovery Bytes

What crisis brought you to recovery? When the puzzle pieces of mental health, lost jobs, changes in behavior, housing instability and anger started to fit

Recently at a meeting, the 2nd step came up as a topic. The wording of the step, “Came to believe that a Power greater than

by Mindi V. Growing up I always felt like an outsider. If only I was prettier, if my parents had more money, if I had

by Jaclyn B. I am a mother to a bright, beautiful 4-year-old girl. I wake up with her every morning, I get her dressed for

When I first came into recovery, I heard people in meetings share about all the “gifts” they received by staying clean and working the steps.

What crisis brought you to recovery? It was a few years of one crisis after another after my son turned 18. He actually went for

Much is being made of the body positivity movement today. It’s being used by manufacturers to sell products through the guise of “self love.” It’s

Addiction is a disease that affects the mind, body and spirit. Conversely, recovery can affect these as well. Although they are all entwined, I believe

What crisis brought you to recovery? My only child admitted to me she had an addiction. It was only weeks later I realized it was

What crisis brought you to recovery? This past June our 23-year-old son came to live with us for a time.  He was with us for

Growing up I always knew I was different from the kids around me. The kids around me knew I was different too. They bullied me

For the longest time I thought I was somehow made wrong-I felt different from my family and everyone else I knew. I felt like I

First, I would like to mention how honored I am to get the opportunity to share my experience of being a grateful sober dad. Turning

This interview is the latest in our Family Interview series. We will be sharing one interview each month from the family members of those who

This interview is the latest in our Family Interview series. We will be sharing one interview each month from the family members of those who

I have been in recovery and working a recovery program now for 30 years.  There were so many people that helped me along in early

I grew up in an environment where it was not okay to be who I was. As a gay man in rural Kentucky, I learned

A brief heroically wasted life was not after all what i was after a musty anonymous church basement room a close to opaque cloud of

This interview is the latest in our Family Interview series. We will be sharing one interview each month of the family members of those who

It was no secret that I drank alcoholically from the time I had my first drink. By age 15, an ambulance rushed me to the

We are continuing a series we started in 2020 of Family Interviews. We spoke with the family members of those who struggled to get sober,

Sobriety has given me more blessings than I could have ever imagined when I walked through the doors of Turning Point on 05/10/2016. I have

We are continuing a series we started last year of Family Interviews. We spoke with the family members of those who struggled to get sober,

For me, I was very sedentary when I was using and drinking. I barely got out of bed unless it was to get drugs or