Hi my name is Michele T. and I am an Alcoholic. My sobriety date is 6/22/2010, I have a home group, a sponsor, a God of my understanding, I apply the 12 steps in my life, and because of that I have an incredibly wonderful life. Not a problem free life, but today I am Free! I grew up on the west side of Cleveland to 2 parents, and a sister 2 years older than me. We were afforded the best of everything, but somehow I never felt like it was enough or I was not enough. I always felt out of place. I had my first drunk when I was 14 years old. It was something I had wanted to do and the day had finally come. From day one I drank to access. I blacked out, got sick, and got caught.

Hello, my name is Tyler, and my sobriety date is March 8th, 2024. I grew up in the same way you see most feel-good childhood movies. With two loving parents, brother, sister, and a very active and healthy environment that a growing boy needs to be a good person in this life. I played baseball, football, basketball, and even soccer from a very young age, teaching me what teamwork means and how it applies to everyday life. Around the time I got to high school, things started to take a turn for the worst when my mom and dad decided to get a divorce.

My name is Paige and my sobriety date is 12/6/2023. I began my sobriety journey 23 years ago when my son's dad and I were divorcing and it has been a challenging 23 years to say the least. Today I am grateful, hopeful, and blessed to have a year and 4 months sober and God has been gracious and merciful to me throughout. I was born in Florida, raised in Alabama (ROLL TIDE!) and lived most of my life in Charleston, SC. I was raised in a very conservative home in the Bible Belt of the south.

My name is Doug P. and I'm an alcoholic. My sobriety date is 5/10/2023, prior to that day my life was in total disarray. Nothing from my upbringing, schooling, home life or circumstances led to me opening a conversation with that sentence other than the fact that I don't physically or mentally have the capacity to put down the bottle (or anything else for that matter) once I pick it up.

My name is Linda H. I arrived at the Jean Marie House for Women in a van straight from detox on January 16, 2024 with the clothes on my back. I have been using alcohol and heroin on and off for over 30 years. I have been to jails, hospitals, and rehabs. In rehab, I was educated and directed on what to do if I wanted to remain sober.

My name is Josh A and I’m an alcoholic. Today 2/1/25 I celebrate 1 year of uninterrupted sobriety. My recovery story isn’t anything special or glamorous –– it was exactly like we hear at meetings all the time. What it was like, you ask. It was absolutely terrible. Nothing about it has been fun or glamorous, and it’s been a literal hell for well over 20 years. I’m a chronic relapser I’ve been in every treatment center for men, from Cleveland, as far east as Ashtabula, as far south as Warren.

My name is Kirsten and I am so grateful to be able to call myself a recovering alcoholic today. My sobriety date is 2/7/24 and I recently successfully completed the Ed Keating Center’s Jean Marie House nine-month program on 11/6/24. I grew up in the Toledo, OH area and am the middle of three girls. I grew up in a very loving two-parent household. My parents divorced when I was 17, and I acquired a fantastic step father shortly after, adding to the pair of loving parents I already had. My childhood home did not have alcohol or drugs in it, as nobody in my immediate family suffered from the disease of addiction. I have never seen my parents intoxicated.