I was baking two pecan pies last night, waiting for my girlfriend to get home. At some point, I looked at the timer – 3 minutes remaining. During that three minute span, I grabbed my pipe and my weed bag…

Every day has been a battle for me. I’ve had some people who think they know me enough to think I’m a bad person because I was on drugs, despite the fact I’ve been struggling to stay clean. If it…

Many of you may have gathered from reading my posts that I have struggled with drugs for close to 10 years now. I started in high school, and it ballooned into a much bigger problem…

It was a difficult decision to come back immediately to writing. In my head, I figured I’d never garner the courage to write in here about anything personal ever again, but I’m going to suck it up and be a…

Throughout the course of my rehab stay, nothing has been given more emphasis than the “one day at a time” approach. It keeps things in perspective and doesn’t distract you by placing unattainable goals into your head (“I’m going to…

It’s true – I’ve struggled with drugs since I was a teenager. It began when I was in high school and I started smoking weed with a pretty blonde girl at her house. Her parents let her do whatever she…