My name is Kyle, and I am an alcoholic. My sobriety date is January 17, 2023, the same day I walked back through the doors of the Keating Center. I was blessed with a wonderful childhood and a loving family that taught me right from wrong. However, when I was 13 years old, my parents divorced, and an alcoholic stepfather became part of my life. Although my family loved me, I struggled with the changes and the loneliness that followed. Instead of learning how to deal with those emotions, I looked for an escape. I found that escape in drugs and alcohol.

My name is Leah, and I’m an alcoholic. My sobriety date is July 15, 2025. It isn’t my first sobriety date. I first came through Jean Marie House in 2010, and recovery gave me a life beyond anything I could have imagined. I rebuilt everything—my career, my relationships, and my future. As time went on, I relocated out of state for a career opportunity, and in doing so I slowly separated myself from the support system that had helped save my life. Over time, I began believing that all of the good things in my life were the result of my own efforts rather than the gifts of recovery and a Higher Power.

My name is Tim, and I am an alcoholic. My sobriety date is May 5, 2025. I had a wonderful childhood and a loving family that taught me right from wrong. I grew up in the Bedford and Bedford Heights area. We didn't have a lot of money, but I always had everything I needed. I had my first drink when I was nine years old and my last drink when I was fifty-two. Alcohol was easy for me to get when I was young, and I never passed up an opportunity to drink. I didn't drink every day at first, but by the age of eleven I was already planning activities around alcohol. By the time I was eighteen, I had become a daily drinker.

Hi, my name is Angel A, and I am an alcoholic. I grew up on the rough streets of Parma Heights. I was an only child for eight years and raised by my grandparents and my mom. So I am by nature, spoiled, and entitled. When I was 8 my mom met my dad. they had my brother and sister and it wasn’t all about me anymore. My teenage years were pretty boring. I was always grounded. I picked up my first drink when I was 18. I had a couple wine coolers.. it was my first drunk. I was married to my ex-husband and had my son so I drank occasionally on the weekends. I was out shopping and taking my cousin home and I met the love of my life at a red light on Brook Park Road. He drank the way I wanted to. He took me to my first bar and I loved it. At first, it was just on the weekends then it was during the week. Every chance I got I was at the bar.

My name is Joseph T. My sobriety date is 4/16/24 and I am an Alcoholic. I grew up in southern Ohio on a big farm in a little town called Warsaw Ohio. I started working at a young age and I took my first drink at 10 years old, at 18 I went into the Marines. I did 10 years, after I got out my drinking got really bad I couldn't say sober at home, so I came to Cleveland and fell short a few times.

My name is Glenda C My Sobriety date is 10/07/2024 and I am an alcoholic!  I grew up in Elyria O-H-I-O. I’m the middle child of 7 brothers and sisters. I was raised Catholic and had an uncle who was a priest and an aunt who was a nun. Every family gathering involved alcohol. I took my first drink at eight years old and stole Boones farm from our local corner store. We took it to the city pool and I continued drinking in the woods with the older kids in the neighborhood thinking it made me look cool. But as years passed my life revolved around sports - swimming, basketball, volleyball, and track. 

My name is Bobby D. My sobriety date is 3-17-24, and I am an alcoholic! For almost twenty years, I come in and out of treatment centers, the rooms of alcoholic anonymous, with no intentions on having a sponsor, working the steps, or changing one single thing about the way I lived. For around eighteen years, I tried everything my way. Staying so selfish, not allowing anyone to help me, figuring I could stay sober all on my own. All I did was prolong years of pain and suffering for my family and myself.