Letting Go of My Guilt

Letting Go of My Guilt

Terri’s Story: I wasted 28 years allowing shame to control me. I hid myself in places I thought God wouldn’t see – outside the walls of my church, inside the walls of a wine bottle or a bar or a sham of a marriage. I didn’t realize it then, but God was in every...
Free Falling

Free Falling

Claudia’s* Story: Have you ever been paragliding?” asked my sister-in-law. “No,” I laughed.   She proceeded to share her recent experience paragliding off the coast of California. YouTube filled in what I couldn’t imagine. I sat; open-jawed and...
Wow, My Husband is an Alcoholic

Wow, My Husband is an Alcoholic

Sandy’s Story: My life was moving right along according to “The Plan.” I met my future husband in college, we started our careers, got married at 26, bought a house at 28, had our first baby at 30, our second baby at 32. However, somewhere along the way Tom...
From Insanity to Serenity

From Insanity to Serenity

Laurie’s Story: Hi, my name is Laurie, and I’m an alcoholic. That is how I represent myself at Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) meetings. I’ve learned alcoholism is a disease. It is hereditary.  My father’s mother and my mother’s father were both alcoholics. Both my...