Category: Our Story

One of the most important elements in recovery is a surprise to most people. In his book “Chasing the Scream” Johann Hari makes this powerful statement “The opposite of addiction is not sobriety. It’s connection.” Wow, that is profound but Read more…

This past week my wife and I did one of the hardest things we have ever done. We began the process of dismantling our daughters’ room. Surprisingly, the biggest and most difficult piece to take down, both physically and emotionally, Read more…

Lauren had a favorite nickname, “LaLa”. It is the name she preferred that people call her by, her closest friends always did. I most always referred to Lauren by her given name. In my mind I was worried that her Read more…

Hi Dad! That’s the way my daughter always greeted me, and she would say it with a certain, sweet cadence in her voice, it always made me smile. More and more when I look at images of Lauren I am Read more…

One of the hardest things to understand about someone that is addicted is that amidst all the hurt and pain, they really do, desperately, need you. The journey of grief is different for all of us. It is something that Read more…

The other day, as I sat in a bank parking lot waiting for my son to make a deposit, a question popped into my mind, “What is this going to feel like twenty years from now?” This week was Evan Read more…

This weeks featured image is one of my favorites of our family. We were very happy and excited. It was an important milestone in our children’s lives. Evan and Lauren were heading to college and along with that experience was Read more…

When you really care about someone with a mental health issue or an addiction, and sometimes both, life is a constant series of ups and downs. In some ways not dissimilar to normal life only greatly magnified. “Disheartened” is a Read more…

About a week ago someone gave my wife and I some old photographs of my son Evan (Laurens twin brother) and Lauren when they were four months old. WOW, the first thing my wife said was “We look really tired”, Read more…

One of the great things about New Years is that it is a new year. A chance to start fresh. A chance to erase the misgivings and mistakes of our past. I love a verse in the Bible, 1 John Read more…