I stepped out into the fog that night not quite sure of what was next. The thick soup of San Francisco dampness that descends upon the city on most summer nights was particularly heavy, and I tripped over something on the sidewalk, but this night it didn’t really matter what it was. My mind was [...]

A lot of times, I tell myself that a girl like me should not have ended up where I did. I had everything going for me. I grew up with more love that I can even understand. I had successful parents, close siblings, and truer friends as a child than I had as an adult. [...]

Since my first day of elementary school, I knew I was different from the other kids. I never found my niche, clique or knew who I was. I was an “outcast” and definitely played into that role. That all changed when I found what I perceived to be the answer to all of my problems, [...]

The beginning
I have always believed that the best sort of treatment for alcoholics and addicts is in some kind of residential situation. Alcoholics are great conmerchants and can easily pull themselves together for an hour or two while they go to an AA meeting or a visit to their counsellor or therapist. 24 hour observation [...]

Stories about recovery from alcoholism, drug addiction and impulse control disorders all seem to have a somewhat common theme. For most of these people, life was going fine, and then things became a little bit difficult, and a little bit unmanageable. Friends and family seemed to become more of a problem than they were worth. [...]