It’s OK to Take a Step Back
Topic: addiction
Today
Today, I woke up. Despite wishing before I went to sleep that I wouldn't.
On Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain: Vulnerable People Do Not Always Look Vulnerable
It’s easy to believe that fame, professional success, wealth, or adoration can protect people from pain, but that is not true. Addiction doesn’t discriminate. Depression doesn’t care if you’re great at what you do.
You Deserve to Live
All three of these times, when I made the decision to jeopardize my own existence, I truly wanted to die. In those moments, I believed that whatever I was going through—coming to terms with my sexuality, breakups, fights with friends, bad decisions—was worth ending my life.
Traveling the World Sober
Everything I saw, every person I encountered, all of the delicious food (and gelato) I consumed, and every memory I captured on film or in my journal, would not have been same had I been hindered by alcohol.
The Response You Deserve
It takes a boldness to say that your brain is sick. That you need help. That you can’t do whatever this is alone anymore.
The Stigma of Heroin Addiction and the Expanding Epidemic
Nobody knows better than the mother of a heroin addict that stigma breeds death.
Why I Stopped Drinking
My sobriety story isn’t typical. I wasn’t addicted to drugs or pills or alcohol. I wouldn’t say I had an “addiction” at all.
Do What You Were Made For.
Our campaign may be over, but the work is not. If you'd like to help us change the statistics, please join us. We can't do this without you.
What Recovery From Mental Illness Really Looks Like
So while we can’t expect it to be steady and linear, recovery from mental illness is undeniably possible. No matter the number of times we take one step back, there are always steps forward awaiting to be taken.
National Alcohol Screening Day: Take Your Free Screening
"National Alcohol Screening Day was started to help individuals assess their drinking and substance use patterns and get connected to resources for treatment and recovery."
Learning My Limits
The corkscrew, the bottle opener, the twist cap all became a shield. Alcohol began to create a diversion from my depression.
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