The Biggest Success Stories From People Featured On Intervention

Physically, mentally, and spiritually “my cup runneth over”. I have a family who loves and supports me, and I’m surrounded by a wonderful of like-minded people in the Recovery community. I’m working my dream job training dogs, and I have a relationship with my higher power that I had forgotten existed. If you believe you or a loved one is suffering from drug or alcohol abuse, we can help. Call RECOVERY today to learn more about our drug abuse treatment and to get started. When you’re talking about famous addiction recovery stories, few have received more coverage than Robert Downey Jr’s. His journey to recovery is no secret, especially after his meteoric rise to popularity in Marvel’s Iron Man film series. His first film role came when he was only five years old. He says he was brought up ‘surrounded by drugs’. His father allowed him to smoke cannabis at the age of six.

But, as soon as my son was born, I picked up right where I left off. I remember making bottles for him drunk at 3 am while I took swigs from a bottle of Jack Daniel’s. Now, I look back at this and feel truly ashamed. My boyfriend supported us for a while then I got a job in retail and we moved into our own 1 bedroom apartment. By the time he was 26, he was completely hooked on crystal meth. Meth is one of the most addictive and powerful illegal drugs. For Kate, 12-step programs are vital to her recovery.

Why I Don’t Drink Alcohol

My dad has always owned his own construction business which my two older brothers were already working at, so it was a given I would work with them. It was age 20 I returned home and started working for the family business. Previously, I had been offered help for my addictions on several occasions. I even self-referred into therapy and attended Alcoholics Anonymous fooling everyone including myself. Having to do this following an enlistment or deployment is stressful enough and likely perpetuated my current condition. With straight-up information about addiction and recovery, The Fix is a great resource for facts and support. Readers can browse first-person recovery journeys, new and alternative treatment information, research and studies, and more.

To start with I’m not religious at all and the idea of being “powerless” was offensive to me. The recovery of the whole family has been the greatest gift of my life. I started to drink on a regular basis when I was 13. The popular kids would hang out with Sober Home me because I could get cigarettes and booze. I experienced a peace that I had never known in my life or if I had experienced it before, I didn’t remember it. Living life on life’s terms and having to do everything sober for the first time was scary.

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When I was growing up, I kept to myself because my parents were drug addicts and alcoholics and I didn’t want anyone knowing. I eventually made a few really good friends. When I first starting drinking with my friends, they would just take a shot or two and I would need to finish the entire bottle. I think it’s important to be proud of being sober and to share your story. Just like I talk about anything else going on in my life, this is a part of me. There are a lot of things I love in this world and sobriety is one of them, so I like to talk about that very openly. I don’t think it’s for everybody and I totally respect that. But for me, I think it’s important as a sober person to share this experience and how good it can be. Because a lot of people think we just kind of hide, like you get sober and then you’re just detached from the rest of the world.

Many times when we see posts about sobriety, it’s always famous people or before-and-afters of people being a mess and then cleaning up their lives. It’s not like, hey, these are real people and they just do it every day. It’s not like, hey, I’m normal and I have to do this the exact same way you would if you had to do it. Again, professionally I excelled, but socially, I was completely isolated. I left my two friends behind and made no new ones. My wife had just delivered our fourth child, and I was distant from my whole family. I rarely participated in the children’s activities.

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Thank you BioCorRx from the bottom of my heart, I really appreciate the help that you have given my wife and I. BioCorRx Recovery helped to get my wife well again. Without the help from Start Fresh Recovery I don’t think Daphne and I would be together today. I had the procedure done on March 16 of this year, 60 days on Saturday, and have neither touched a drink, nor have I had any great desire for one in that time. I don’t want anyone to go through what I went through and truly wish for anyone suffering from an addiction to call. With medical advancements, common sense, and spectacular people…THIS IS IT.

• It was the first year of my life where I was dealt with the tragedy of death with loved ones up and close.
• Some days I feel good and others days down, my emotions were like a sea-saw.
• Confronted with dogma and students of the bible, I soon dropped out.

Felix, who went by Michelle and presented as female at the time, fetishized shooting up. “The finding a vein, the putting the needle in my arm, and registering, and feeling the pop of the vein, it’s like a romantic dinner,” she explained in the episode follow-up. However, per the episode summary, Adam’s life began to spiral after turning to heroin to numb the pain of a break-up. Before long, he was down and out, panhandling on the streets to get his next fix. Not surprisingly, Adam’s family was at their wit’s end as addiction tightened its grip, and he became more detached. Per American Addiction Centers, “Huffing Dust-Off can be deadly in as little as one use.” Allison was inhaling “up to 10 cans” a day.

I’ve been struggling with addiction for the past 13 years. I have been in and out of rehabs, tried every drug to come clean, seen psychiatrists, therapists etc. and found nothing worked for a long period of time. I got to a point in my life where I decided I can’t carry on the way I was. I tried the implant and found that it worked wonders for me, along with having the mind set of wanting to change.

And I don’t want people to think that — that’s not sobriety to me and is certainly not my experience. I feel more connected with myself and with others than I ever could have imagined. The following week I was called into my chairman’s office for a meeting with him and our corporate president. They asked me if I had a problem with alcohol, which I flat out denied. I told them that I sometimes would drink quite a lot on weekends, but that it was something I could control. They offered help if I needed it, but I wasn’t ready yet. The ensuing year I tried many times, unsuccessfully, to curb my drinking. With every unsuccessful attempt to abstain, which never lasted more than a day, I became more and more frustrated.

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At the very beginning all the way through the next 3 stays of in-patient treatment centers I had to learn the hard way. By that I mean each time I attempted the treatment center I was more addicted more beat up by addiction and with each attempt in all honesty thought I was more than ready to change. Tawny Lara started this blog to explore her own relationship with drugs and alcohol. It has grown into an examination of sobriety through the lens of social injustice. Tawny admits that her recovery involved a wake-up to the injustices of the world, which she says she was too self-absorbed to notice sober success stories while engaged in substance abuse. The SobrieTea Party hosts a sober event series called Readings on Recovery, where people can express their recover in creative ways. Tawny also hosts the Recovery Rocks podcast series with Lisa Smith, a Gen-X lawyer in 12-step recovery. They discuss issues like substance use, mental health challenges, and trauma. I have found LifeRing to be a major tool in helping me keep a positive mentality and for giving me a new hope that recovery is possible. I was never one to dive into recovery and to be looking forward to my future without using alcohol or drugs.