Real people sharing real stories about their experience with substance abuse and mental health.
During my twenty-five year career in substance abuse treatment, I’ve frequently heard family members (and clients) insist that "Alcohol isn't his/her/my problem - drugs are!" and "Alcoholism isn't his/her/my problem - addiction is!" as if the same principles of recovery from chemical dependency don't apply to any dysfunctional situation where alcohol either isn't present or isn't present enough to be identified as the primary drug-of-choice.
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My name is Troy and I am an alcoholic. On May 5th, 2018 I celebrated 3 years of sobriety and, for me, this was no easy task. I had never been able to put together any significant time without those demons calling me back into the bottle. It is a time
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By: Bill C., Transformations alumnus
Can you see in the dark?
Tell me, what do you see?
Can you see yourself?
Because I can’t see me
Scratching, fighting, clawing
Begging for God to show me a sign
Because
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It’s that time of year when many people are making vows to lose weight, to stop spending so much money, to work on old projects that haven’t been finished and to treat those that they love a bit better. Phone calls to Jenny Craig and Weight Watchers
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It’s sometime in November of 2014. My memory fails me often, because of the haze I was in. Snow draped over the treetops and there was beauty to be found in this cold and white place- but I couldn’t see it. A week before I tried falling as hard as I
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By: Susan Collins, mother of Transformations alumnus
My son was born on March 31, 1988. He was a beautiful baby boy, peaches and cream with reddish blond hair. For the first year of his life he was all sunshine. When you would go to get him in t
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To: Tamara Evans
From: Self-worth
Cc: Love, relationships, God
Subject: Where you been
Tam-Tam,
Hey again, it’s your old, old friend self-worth. I know we’re not very familiar with one another because it’s been a long time since we’ve
Sometimes the hardest thing a person will ever experience in their life is trying to gain their composure and lead a conversation with an addict they love- when inside they are falling apart, the back of their throat is burning with a desperate anger
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By Natasha Lisbey, Transformations alumna and Supervisor of Alumni Services
I was blessed with an opportunity to remove myself from the toxic chaos I had cultivated in my active addiction, a few weeks where I was sequestered in a bubble of recover
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By: Kevin Craner, BS, NCIP, CRS, Manager of Family Integrated Services at Transformations
Returning home after treatment is a major transition. Of those going home directly after PHP, the challenge is exponentially higher. Those that decide to rem
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