Patrick M., Delaware County, PA
"Recovery for me isn’t about what we give up or what we abstain from. It’s about everything we gain. It’s about everything that we recover and everything that we build for ourselves."
Luis S., Philadelphia County, PA
"I want people to know that you have to create a belief in yourself that you can do it."
Carla S., Bucks County, PA
"I want to keep moving forward to break the stigma so that people know addiction is not a moral failure and everybody deserves a chance at life."
Alexis M., Philadelphia County, PA
"Some of my friends were jealous that I could drink without repercussions, but they didn’t see that on the inside we were dying."
Taylor W., Ventura, CA
"I certainly have a long way to go and am definitely not cocky when it comes to my sobriety; I know that this disease is cunning and baffling and will take you out any chance it gets, but I use that to motivate and push me in my sobriety."
Jackie S., Beaver County, PA
"There is a new crisis of discrimination against chronic pain patients."
Erna B., Cumberland County, PA
"My life has significantly changed for the best. I’m not exactly where I want to be at all. I have so much more work to do, but I am exactly where I should be."
Kristy C., Sampson County, NC
"I was so far down in addiction, as soon as I left the police station, I called in another prescription. I had never been in trouble with the law."
Raechal S., Dauphin County, PA
"In sobriety, I get to enjoy the little moments and to be more open to life around me."
Chris B., Dauphin County, PA
"Narcan helped me stay alive long enough to begin working on the mental aspect of addiction and eventually the emotional aspect."
