I’m Rachel D, and my sobriety date is June 30, 2023. Growing up was chaotic, but I still had hopes and dreams. I didn’t set out to burn my life down. I just wanted the noise in my head to quiet and the ache in my chest to ease. The first time I put substances in my body, it felt like someone had finally found the dimmer switch on my fear. I didn’t know it then, but I had just handed over my coping to something that didn’t care if I lived or died—only that I kept feeding it.

My name is Mikey A., and my sobriety date is October 25, 2017. That date marks the beginning of a new life, one that I never imagined possible during the darkest days of my addiction. Before recovery, my life was unmanageable. I was caught in a cycle that felt impossible to break using to escape pain, shame, and emptiness, only to end up deeper in it. I lost trust, opportunities, time, and most painfully, parts of myself. I was alive, but not living. Every day was a battle, and I didn’t know if I had it in me to make it out. But i did.

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.