Beatrice B. Never Be Defeated – Beatrice B.’s Story

Being an older woman who has had to suffer so much pain in the past, my greatest was yet before me. After suffering two strokes and my long time relationship of 13 years ending, my heart and mind have been built to withstand the horror that life brings. My faith doesn’t lie in waste if I put it where it should be; behold, Christ awaits your call. He did it for me; He will do it for someone else. Some years back, I was enduring beatings by my children’s father, which landed me in a mental institution. I am now clothed and dressed and in my right mind. Don’t worry, “crazy” comes out sometimes, but I find humor in myself. My children love that side of their mother.

By working in the addiction and mental health field, even on the business side of it all, I’ve seen so much that can break your heart and even more that will make you cry tears of joy. So many stories that have been posted on the Heroes in Recovery site have touched me. It is [...]

Did you seek treatment or get professional help? What was the process like? We just came to the realization that the root of all of our problems in life was alcohol. One day, we just decided to draw a line in the sand and not drink at all anymore. We prayed and God has given [...]

Who’d have ever thought that God would be able to use a wretch like me?  2002 found me to be a mother of two living children, neither of which lived with me, and a deceased daughter, and I was pregnant with my fourth.  A 27-year addiction with marijuana that began at age 11 quickly progressed [...]

Dirk shares his story with Heroes in Recovery about how he fell into a cycle of addiction that almost cost his life. He realized that all he was doing was masking himself from those he loved and from himself and how that made him lose everything. It took hitting his knees and asking God for [...]

Seven Years Clean & Climbing Hello, my name is Anthony, and my story is not that different than the next person’s. I named it “Seven Years Clean & Climbing,” because seven years ago was the last time I got high or used drugs. In 2005, a devastating force of nature by the name of Hurricane [...]