Hi, my name is Linda Pfromm, I am 17 years old, and this is my story: Life growing up was extremely hectic, due to my mom’s drug addiction and my dad being almost nonexistent. I am not an addict myself, watching my mother get high and overdose multiple times scared me...
My name is Ryan Beets, and this is my story… Growing up, my life was rough to say the very least. At 10 years old I began being molested, which left me lost, confused, empty, hurt, and embarrassed. I started using drugs at a VERY young age, trying to fill the void in...
Growing up for me was pretty normal, aside from my brother being an addict. I grew up with 2 loving parents who worked to provide us with everything that we needed. Regardless of our good upbringing, drugs completely took over my brother’s life at a young age....
My life growing up was incredibly lonely, I felt as if I got no attention at all. My mother was a single mom raising 4 developmentally disabled adults 24/7. All of that pressure on her eventually led up to her completely abandoning me, causing me to grow up in...
I had a really great childhood, one that any child would want. I have TONS of amazing childhood memories, my family always tried to have fun. My parents were extremely supportive, and always loving. Never ONCE did I doubt whether I was loved or not. I’ve often wished...
My life growing up was horrible, to say the very least… I spent most of my childhood blacked out and uncontrollable, just to escape the world. There was sexual abuse, vicious beatings, and EXTREME verbal abuse every single day. My drug abuse began when I was...
Life growing up for me was calm and quiet, I was shy and kept to myself mostly. I experimented with drugs like many teens do, I was just having fun. I began smoking weed, taking Adderall, drinking alcohol, and taking methadone/morphine as well. In my early teens, I...
Growing up, I was very fortunate to have what I considered, the perfect family. I grew up in a safe neighborhood, never wanting anything that we didn't already have. From a young age, I took a fascination with musicians, because their lives seemed fun, rebellious, and...
I had a good life growing up, and always had what I wanted or needed. My parents took me and my brother to church every Sunday, for many years. All of a sudden, we just stopped going to church and that seems to be when my problems started… I had an abortion when I was...