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.

My name is Paul, my sobriety Date is October 17 2023. For 25 years I struggled daily with a disease I didn't know I had.

Hi, my name is Jen and I am an alcoholic. After 15 years of sobriety, I had to reintroduce myself back in the rooms of AA on October 9 2023, being one of the most humbling experiences for an alcoholic like me, who's pride and ego can get in the way, sometimes being one of my biggest character defects that I'm still working on, being a daily reprieve for me.