Erin B., Montgomery County, PA
Recovery is something no one else can do for you. You have to own it.
Recovery is something no one else can do for you. You have to own it.
"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."
"Some of my friends were jealous that I could drink without repercussions, but they didn’t see that on the inside we were dying."
"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."
"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."
"In sobriety, I get to enjoy the little moments and to be more open to life around me."
"Narcan helped me stay alive long enough to begin working on the mental aspect of addiction and eventually the emotional aspect."
"The best part of recovery is getting my freedom back and knowing what I’m capable of."
"Just being in a community of parents who were going through the same thing was comforting, I realized I was not alone."
"By learning and working together, we can make strides towards repairing some of the harms this epidemic has created."