I was at the end. I drank, passed out, came to, and drank some more. I drank up my child support money. I went to bars, not to pick up men, but to find one to buy me drinks. And then someone I knew called DSS on me. No, I did not leave my children alone, nor did I ever hit them or verbally abuse ...
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Oct
15
2013
Thought for the DayKeeping sober is the most important thing in my life. The most important decision I ever made was my decision to give up drinking. I am convinced that my whole life depends on not taking that first drink. Nothing in the world is as important to me as my own sobriety. Everyt...
Oct
14
2013
So what makes A.A. work anyway? The first thing is to have an extreme dislike and hostility towards myself and the way I live. Then I have to admit I am helpless, that alcohol and or drugs control me and I can’t do anything about it. The next thing is to honestly want to quit my old life. The...
Oct
11
2013
That's right. Lindsay has 2 months of sobriety and is making plans to open her own rehab facility for alcohol and drug abuse and name it after herself, of course.After all, she does have alot of experience with rehab - she's done it 5 times and hopefully this last time is going to stick. She mean...
Oct
11
2013
If you considering treatment at a drug and alcohol rehab center here is what you can count on:No locks. That's right - you're free to leave at any time, even if you've been sent by the courts, but in the end you'll have to face the consequences of doing so. For the program to work you have to b...
Oct
09
2013
Docia,This is my second trip to the Lighthouse and it was a lot different than my first time. Not just different better. It takes willpower and determination. It takes a different attitude than screw this, I don't want to be here, I don't have a problem. If you don't have a problem then why are y...
Oct
09
2013
The help I received at the Lighthouse was absolutely superior in regards to the help I've received at the 16 treatment centers I've been to. From administration down through support staff, the open door policy they have has been nothing but relative and helpful. I'd like to be spot on with partic...
Sep
05
2013
7/9/132 days ago I hit my 9 month mark, thank you Anaheim Lighthouse!! You are all so important to me and the lessons and tools I received while I was there will never be something I can repay, but thank you so much for everything!! I love and miss you all so much!!
Sep
05
2013
7/9/13"I just can't give enough PRAISE to Anaheim Lighthouse and their staff! I have 108 days today! Wow, it's miraculous; even just a year ago if you'd of said to me 'you'll be clean' by next summer I'd of thought you were crazy. I really had lost all hope of ever getting free from the suboxone....
Aug
22
2013
Letter from Shannon July 2013My name is Shannon Vollmer. I am 36 year's old. I have been using since I was 12 years old when I was thirty I was introduced to heroin and my life started a downward spiral I could not get out of. One day I got call on the phone and it was the light house they sa...
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