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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...

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I 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...

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DON’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....

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FROM 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...

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SECOND 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...

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OUT 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...

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BACK 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...

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BACK 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...

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STUMBLING 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...

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HOW 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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