Recovery Bytes

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

The holidays can be a difficult time of the year or is it just that we can be extra difficult this time of year? Like

I first heard this saying from a residential therapist while in a treatment center in 2011. He did not tell it to me once, but

I got sober at the tender age of 25. I freely gave a good part of my childhood and all of my adulthood at this

I was taught early in my recovery that grateful alcoholics/addicts do not drink or use. With Thanksgiving upon us, the focus this week will be

“The Earth has music for those who care to listen”-Shakespeare I had always wanted to move. It was deep in my soul to get out

This is the best piece of advice I could ever give: Don’t leave before the miracle happens and never stop trying. If you would have

I didn’t start out an alcoholic and I always believed I could manage it on my own, despite the multitude of family and friends that

Halloween is the start of many other joyous holidays to come. I’ve heard in the rooms that the holidays can be a triggering time for

Part of recovery is working with others. I’ve been clean and sober for a little while now and find this to be the best part

When I first got sober, I was going to meetings at a club house in Hermosa Beach Ca. There was this fellow that would say,

During the first 6 years of my recovery I did not hear of “National Recovery Month.”  I started working in the addiction treatment field in

Sharing your truth and listening to others will set you free.  I am 45 days into recovery so I know I have a long road

On June 20th of 2020 I will reach the milestone of 1 year sober from drugs and alcohol. A milestone that I talked about for