FIGHTING FOR ANOTHER WAY
Check out this amazing profile of one man’s journey to stop the cycle of yelling, drinking, and fighting. Jason Cordero is a well-known MMA Athlete, but has stepped back from the ring to try and clean...
View ArticleI DON’T MATTER
By Sue Markovitch: The night my dad died, my thirteen year old self huddled under the covers in the dark wondering what just happened. Mom was already sick. What were the four of us going to do? No one...
View ArticleDON’T WATCH FROM THE SIDELINE
By Mohan Karulkar: Sometimes, when you mess up, you need to sit out for awhile. Maybe it’s to heal your mind or body, maybe it’s to make peace with others, or maybe it’s to gather your courage back up....
View ArticleFROM RETREAT TO REDEMPTION
By Thomas Mark Zuniga: People used to scare me. Not witches or Satanists or axe murderers. Just normal everyday people, with no particular affinity for axes. My massive people-fear started in middle...
View ArticleSECOND CHANCE MARATHON
The first step to a second chance is getting back up. That’s what #NoQuitMonday is all about. Standing up, dusting yourself off, and getting back into the race. You can’t grasp a second chance, after...
View ArticleOUT OF THE DARKNESS
By Jenae Noonan: All my dreams seemed to be coming true. I had just stepped off the winners’ block at the national MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) Championships where I had won the gold medal. I was featured...
View ArticleBACK FROM BREATHLESSNESS
Victor Carlos lived an entire month without taking a single breath, after an infection left his lungs unable to function. Through an breakthrough procedure, his blood was kept oxygenated by a machine...
View ArticleBACK TO ZERO
By Mohan Karulkar: When we bought our house, we knew our basement needed work. It was partially finished, and in desperate need of some updating. What we didn’t know was that under all the old...
View ArticleSTUMBLING OUT OF ADDICTION
By Ashley Phillips: I remember the taste just like it was yesterday. I was 15, and the minute that drink hit my lips, I was hooked. I could drink and drink and drink, and was too young to know what...
View ArticleHOW I LANDED IN A 12-STEP GROUP
By Elisabeth Klein: Photo Credit I was doubled over on my counselor’s couch, my head in my hands, on the verge of hyperventilating. I had just finished sharing yet another incident that had left me...
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