Residential Addiction Treatment Center – A Mother’s Perspective It has been 6 weeks since my daughter went into treatment for drug addiction in a residential addiction treatment facility following a cocaine overdose. If you’ve read other sections of this website, you may know that she had 10 months of sobriety before this happened. That period […]
It’s Important to Celebrate Recovery! Today is a great day in our family. Today we celebrate recovery – two years of sobriety for my daughter. I am so grateful for this incredible blessing that our family has received. For most of my life, a celebration of almost anything included drinking alcohol. Weddings, anniversaries, graduations … […]
My Experience with Cocaine Overdose Cocaine overdose is a topic I became familiar with almost 30 years ago, although I didn’t know it. I dated someone who used cocaine frequently, but many people my age were using drugs, and I never recognized it as addiction, just “what everyone was doing.” I never witnessed or even […]
Teen Alcohol Abuse – How Did I Miss It? Teen Alcohol Abuse. I don’t know whether to start at the beginning of the end of my story. As I write that, I realize there is no end. My experience has taught me many things, including a new language. I’ve learned that addiction is forever, so […]
Teen Drug Abuse & Drinking – Should Teens Be Allowed to Drink at Home? Teen drug abuse & drinking is an important topic. I’m not able to watch Dr. Drew’s show on HLN every night. However, when Teenage Drinkers was announced as one of the topics of last night’s show, it particularly caught my eye. […]
How Did I miss The Signs of Drug Use In My Own Daughter? How could I have missed the signs of drug use while living with a drug addict for so many years? My head spins as I try to figure it out day after day. My little girl just left the drug addiction rehab […]
My First Experience With Alcohol Drug Treatment Centers My first experience with alcohol drug treatment centers has been a very positive one. Only 5 short weeks ago, I thought my daughter was dying. Today, my first day with her in 5 weeks, she looks very alive. I know her struggle is not over nor my […]
A Cruise Vacation During Alcohol Addiction Recovery Years before Rae began her alcohol addiction recovery, we figured out that cruises were our favorite type of vacation. So, it sounded quite exciting when, last fall, my oldest son proposed we go on a midwinter cruise during spring break of his last year of law school. We […]
My Addicted Sister Hi, I’m Rae’s little brother. Being addicted to drugs can affect family members as much as it affects the addict. I am so proud of my sister. I am only twelve years old, but a loved one’s addiction problem affected me just as much as anyone else.I was very shocked when I […]
