Blogs & Stories

  • In Comparison

    In Comparison

    When I finally snapped and began to hear voices, that was when I realized I needed in-patient professional help. I could no longer deny…

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  • Common People

    Common People

    Once upon a time, there was a woman who would give anything to be common. She would meet common people and find herself filled…

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  • Slovakia

    Slovakia

    We go to Europe every summer. My husband has family here. Budapest, Hungary is our home base when we make our annual trek. His…

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  • Depression

    Depression

    It’s quite a broad subject, and one I can’t possibly cover in one blog. I imagine there will be many more on this subject…

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  • Stepping It Up

    Stepping It Up

    Clean and Sober I have now been “in the rooms” of a 12-step program for 20 years. Do I have 20 years under my…

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  • My Daddy

    My Daddy

    It’s summer here in Houston, and our pool is an amazing 95 degrees, which I love. I’ve used my pool more this summer than…

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  • Forgiveness

    My name is Randi. I am Candace. The names and places in the book “Voices Carry” have been changed. It was a last minute…

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  • Living With Ptsd (1)

    Living With PTSD

    Living with PTSD is an ongoing, never-ending uphill battle. Some of us deal with it by compartmentalizing our traumas, putting them into a box…

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    The story of Heaven Leigh

    Let others hear your voice, your story. In doing so you may help countless people. This is the heart wrenching story of Heaven Leigh…

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  • Keep Going

    This is a story from one of our beloved community members, Brittany P. “I survived a brutally violent rape at sixteen, after being drugged…

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