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Category Archives: Home Page Stories

Recovery is a Sunrise – Elena’s Story

Home Page Stories, Stories of ImpactBy BearSeptember 22, 20201 Comment

I’ve been exposed to drugs and alcohol my whole life. At age 12 I tried drinking for the first time while I was camping with some of my family. One of my relatives gave me and my cousin our first six-pack, which at that age, we thought we were being cool. Then in middle school…

Overcoming the Rabbit Hole of Addiction – Cory’s Story

Home Page Stories, Stories of Impact, UncategorizedBy BearSeptember 14, 2020

Early years Growing up, I was a good kid who enjoyed playing soccer all the way through high school. But at age 16, I started smoking pot and hanging with the wrong crowd, which basically threw my sports career because I became more interested in skipping school and getting high. Then when I was 18,…

Finding What Was Missing – Tracy’s Story

Home Page Stories, Stories of Impact, UncategorizedBy BearSeptember 8, 2020

Early trauma Like a lot of stories I hear, I had a pretty traumatic childhood. My mom was 16 when she had me, and she and my dad got married because of the pregnancy. When I was 9 or 10 years old, they divorced, and my mom married a preacher who was also a child…

Savoring the Positive Moments – Marcell’s Story

Home Page Stories, Stories of Impact, UncategorizedBy BearSeptember 1, 2020

15 Years Ago Looking back, my problem with alcohol began to truly escalate 15 years ago. I was married at the time, and I began to get careless with drinking. I began getting into trouble with the law with charges like DUIs, and it just continued from there into a whirlwind until it got so…

Will

2019 Annual Report, Home Page Stories, Stories of ImpactBy Angel Oak CreativeApril 5, 2020

I never felt comfortable in my own skin as a kid and that discomfort ultimately led to my substance use. The first time I drank and smoked weed, it immediately relieved my pain. Within a matter of months, I was drinking whiskey out of my backpack at school and constantly under the influence. Naturally, my…

Herb

2019 Annual Report, Home Page Stories, Stories of ImpactBy Angel Oak CreativeApril 4, 2020

I grew up in Cary, NC, in a close-knit family and had the most splendid childhood imaginable. But when I was 12, one of the guys in our neighborhood who I looked up to accidentally shot himself in the head while playing a game of Russian Roulette with his friends. I was playing outside at…

Getting Honest With Myself – Maya’s Story

Home Page Stories, Stories of ImpactBy BearSeptember 23, 2019

The Beginning I started drinking at 18, which is kind of a “late bloomer” for a drinker. I had been smoking pot and dropping acid before that, but when I started drinking I drank heavily. I’d drink as much as I could until I would black out because that was the cool thing to do.…

What Are You Going to Do? – Tracey’s Story

Home Page Stories, Stories of ImpactBy BearSeptember 16, 2019

When I was growing up, I guess you would say that I was kind of a square, so I always followed my brothers and their friends so I could try and fit in with them. I would see them having fun drinking and doing drugs, so I tried it too. I didn’t really like the…

Accepting Life on Life’s Terms – Jonathan’s Story

Home Page Stories, Stories of Impact, UncategorizedBy BearSeptember 9, 20196 Comments

Growing up When I was young, I grew up with a family that was very loving. We moved around a lot because of my mom’s job, which meant that I would start getting along with the kids at my elementary school before having to move and try to fit in with kids from a new…

Getting to Live a Purposeful Life – Jasmine’s Story

Home Page Stories, Stories of ImpactBy BearSeptember 3, 20197 Comments

Where it began When I was 16 years old, I got drunk for the very first time. I thought it was normal because I was drinking with my friends on the weekend, and that’s what high school kids did. So I continued to party and drink, then two years later I tried cocaine for the…

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