By anonymous, from US My addiction became my knight in shining armor, and it came to fill the empty pages of my life’s story. I had reached out, only to find no one, and it came to be the only one who ever reached back. It became the arms to cradle my brokenness, to tell […]
by lydia, from San Antonio I’m a 16 year old addict. My addiction is being addicted. I have one of the most addictive personalities. When I was 6 years old, my fathers military career moved us to Germany. I was being sexually abused by my 16 year old babysitter, his father, and his best friend. […]
by James Hogancamp, from Holly Springs, MS USA James Hogancamp Personal Testimony From a 23 year drug addiction to a life with ChristI started using drugs in the 7th grade. Starting out with pot which I was addicted to since my first high, by high school I was doing cocaine, acid, hash, weed, and drinking […]
by Elizabeth, from Kilgore The party is over. We have had fun and it has been quite a ride. Like all great relationships, you have been with me through thick and thin. You have been in my life for over 40 years. You have been with me since I was 15, and I am now […]
By Maria, from Moscow It all started when I turned 17. In my teenage years I had some harsh complexes and that’s why I always found it hard to communicate with people. All my classmates already had boyfriends and girlfriends, but I still went unnoticed and ashamed. My parents were divorced and I lived with […]
By Holly, from Leicester This is from my boyfriend who is a heroin addict and has been for 12 years. If you love me let me fall all by myself. Don’t try to spread a net out to catch me. Don’t throw a pillow under my ass to cushion the pain so I don’t have […]
By anonymous, from Chicago It can be easy to dismiss it as teen angst, the blues, adolescent rebellion – to explain away a child’s behavior by using these and a bunch of similar epithets. And thankfully, in a majority of cases, a teenager’s behavior may be par for the course, but sometimes parents need to […]
By Ash, from FL I was 20 year old when I started with roxy’s just here and now parting every once in a while. But after being in an abusive relationship and having my head busted open it was my only way to escape the pain. After a month of staying away from him and […]
by Cheryl B, from Terryville, CT Reading your story really brought back memories for me. It’s funny how we can have decades of bad experiences from booze (or drugs) and never connect the dots. I started drinking after my parents divorced and my best friend drowned in a pond. Life had never been ideal, but […]
By Ashley, from Arkansas Hello my name is Ashley I am 20 although I have never been an addict addiction has affected me my entire life. I feel as if I do not talk about it I am going to explode eventually. My life with addiction started the day I was born. My mother was […]
