I started drinking alcohol and became an alcoholic in the same week - not a typical pattern, but it was my truth. When I started drinking, I used alcohol to ease the pain and fear I was experiencing based on my husband’s illness - I was unable to cope and alcohol was my coping mechanism. [...]

You have all read “questions to tell you if you have trouble with alcohol” or “ten signs that you are an alcoholic.” This is not that kind of story. This is the story of what it feels like, deep inside, when alcohol takes over your life. This is a day in the life [...]

An alcoholic is an alcoholic for life. That’s it - this is not something you can change. And relapse is a big part of the disease of alcoholism. It happens a lot, but it is not something that HAS to happen.
I met my best friend, I’ll call her Carol, when I was fairly new in [...]

On October 28, 2007, a group of college students went to the beach for the weekend. Seven South Carolina college students never went back to school. Never went back to their families. Never had a chance to graduate from college, get married, have children or take another breath.  They were having a fun weekend in [...]