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Storytelling with a Purpose


Lisa's Story: When Hope and Love Overwhelms
The reality is, in June 2006 I was literally committing suicide, finally surrendering to my addiction. Sitting in a seedy motel room all...

Lisa Yerby-Bryson
3 min read


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

Caroline Beidler, MSW
2 min read


What if We Could Lean In Instead of Run Away?
What would it look like today if I leaned in to my struggles? What would it feel like to face my challenges head on? How would my life...

Caroline Beidler, MSW
3 min read


What's Amazing about a Recovery Family
My recovery family today is a super dysfunctional crew of highly functional folks who show me by example that life is better when it's...

Caroline Beidler, MSW
3 min read


Jenny's Story: An Artist's Path to Recovery and Healing
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...

Jenny Lynn
2 min read


The Benefits of Living a Creative Recovery
Recovery is a creative process, as life is. We have a white canvas set before us. Rachel Hagstrog from the Grit and Grace Project...

Caroline Beidler, MSW
2 min read


An Open Letter to My 21-year-old Self on the 20th Anniversary of Initiating the Recovery Journey
Dear Kristen, Today marks your 20th year in abstinence-based recovery. I know, 20….it really is mind blowing, especially since you never...

Kristen Harper, M.Ed.
6 min read


Kristen's Story: My Sobriety, My Garden
I planted my first vegetable garden when I was about two months sober. I was bored and restless in quarantine and needed an outlet,...

Kristen Bear
3 min read


Jenna's Story: Keep Looking Up
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...

Jenna Parfitt
3 min read


Reflections on Self-Love from Dr. Zoe Shaw
February is the month we express our deepest expressions of love, admiration and devotion to the ones who take space in our heart. How ...

Dr. Zoe Shaw
2 min read


How I Learned Self-love is Really all about Acceptance
I always felt that I was "different", my beliefs, attitudes, and actions. I wanted to fit in, to hide my true self, so nobody would...

Diana Dalles
2 min read


Like Butterflies with New Wings
My name is Caroline and I am a woman in recovery. I can say this today with joy and gratitude and wonderment. My life has transformed –...

Caroline Beidler
2 min read
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