Every person has a story. This is the underlying message that Lisa Schmidt, The Sober Hipster, uses to empower people in recovery and help their voices be heard. A storyteller...
Addiction led me down a very dark path, very quickly. Recovery led me to the best life possible — one filled with passion, integrity, fulfillment, and authenticity. Donuts were my...
Honesty, open-mindedness, and willingness are each crucial in long-term addiction recovery. Everyone has a different story when it comes to addiction. Michael Griggs had his first drink of alcohol at the age...
Recovery did not make my life any easier, but it did make it worth it. When I first got sober, I was riding this high of “This is awesome! I am changing...
My twenty-five years of active addiction was at first slow and progressive. It crept up on me like a sneaky young petulant child seeking the approval of others, wanting to...
Sobriety can help you lead your life with the type of freedom you’ve always wanted and that’s nothing to feel sorry about. Since the beginning of my sobriety, I’ve answered...
Beth thought she’d found the cure for anxiety when she began drinking in college, but her alcohol use quickly spiraled out of control. Learn about the path that led her...
I am 14 years old and I am in the back seat of my mom’s Toyota Tercel and I am literally heartbroken. I know my life is forever changing. With...
At around 18 months sober, I noticed the same addictive pattern of thinking and behavior that I had experienced with drugs, alcohol, and food—except this time the substance was nicotine...
For two years before I got sober, I was homeless. Admittedly, I lived out of a car for the first six months of those years. But it didn’t take long...