Growing up I was gas-lighted. At the time it was just my life. I didn’t know any different, but it took a toll on my mental health. The...

Meet one of today’s leading women recovery advocates, Dawn Nickel, Co-Founder of the SHE RECOVERS Foundation.  She is a woman on a...

My story began prior to my birth on January 8, 1991. My biological mother, while pregnant with me, was in a tumultuous, 10-year...

Do you have a vision of what your long-term sobriety looks like? I like to keep a vision of what my long-term sobriety looks like in my...

The reality is, in June 2006 I was literally committing suicide, finally surrendering to my addiction. Sitting in a seedy motel room all...

Did you know that most communities have a high demand for and minimal access to supportive women's recovery housing or sober living?...

Mary looked at me with her round, hollow eyes. I wondered how an adult woman could weigh ninety pounds and quickly learned that her...

I don't recall ever having dreams as a little girl to grow up, finish school, go to college, or even have a career. That wasn't in the...

I started using alcohol at 14 and smoking. Running away from home and not going to school. I was a confused kid and I now know it was...

Luciana Lage, from the Associação Alcoolismo Feminino, share about her recovery journey and her belief that everyone can be more in recovery

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give. - Winston Churchill My name is Seija and I am a grateful...

I am sitting on my porch, expansive mountain range in view. The light filters on a few of the mountaintops, with shadows on others....

To me, the words “finding freedom in recovery and life” mean more now than ever as we enter this month of July where we celebrate our...

This month, as we explore what it means to find freedom in recovery and in life, Shelly Dutch shares a few words on what freedom in...

Recovery is a personal journey and that journey extends to family as well. Yes, I’m in recovery but I also have to remember that my...

A few brush strokes here a few there. Often these days, a blank canvas sits waiting. That's how my creativity seems to be going these...

I have been an artist all of my life. Drawing was my first comfort zone. I could escape into this form of creativity and painted pictures...

Dear Kristen, Today marks your 20th year in abstinence-based recovery. I know, 20….it really is mind blowing, especially since you never...

I planted my first vegetable garden when I was about two months sober. I was bored and restless in quarantine and needed an outlet,...

When I picked up my first drink in 8th grade I was struggling deeply with shame, feelings of isolation, and self-loathing. My GPA went...