A former alcoholic has found peace and focus working in nature, crafting unique, natural wooden canes and walking sticks from branches sourced from the woods behind his Maine home. He credits his craft with keeping him five years sober and counting. Dana Frazier, 60, runs “Walk With Us Woodworking” alongside his grandson, Trevor Michaud, in…

Jordan Hutton spent nearly half of her first pregnancy in jail. It took incarceration to get her sober. And, while this would not be the end to the saga of her stubborn drug addiction, it was one of the cobblestones that led to her now hopeful and happy ending. Once slaves to the want of drugs,…

A father from Ohio who started every morning with an awful hangover began to notice his weight spiral out of control, reaching up to a whopping 350 pounds (159 kg). With this, his mood changed, and he was riddled with feelings of anxiety and self-hate. However, after facing a brush with death, his life took…

Losing her brother to suicide sent a new mother to seek solace in alcohol, a habit that slowly spiraled out of control. Her rock-bottom moment occurred in a doctor’s office when she was diagnosed with pancreatitis. Today, 30-year-old mom-of-two Nicole Marso, of Denver, Colorado, is fighting to stay sober for her health, her kids, and…

A British woman looks a decade younger after ditching alcohol, and quitting the habit for good has saved her over 3,000 pounds (approx. $4,100) as of now. Samantha Walsh, 44, was a social drinker who’d party on weekends or drink up to five bottles of wine at home in Seven Oaks, Kent, in England. In August…

Former “The Mighty Ducks” child star Shaun Weiss is making strides now, having previously stumbled into addiction. After graduating from a California drug court program, a pending burglary charge against him has been dropped. Weiss, 42, was arrested in Marysville, California, last year for breaking into a car while under the influence of methamphetamine. In…

An unlikely friendship between a mom suffering long-term drug addiction and the woman who fostered her daughter has changed all three lives, and many more by association. Not only has former addict Heather Bone beaten her demons, but she has earned back custody of her child, Kristina. Heather and foster mom, Nanci Weinstein, remain close…

Grant was a successful London city trader with a six-figure income until he fell into drug addiction. At rock bottom, he was begging for small change to buy a can of cider or cheap over-the-counter pills. It took family intervention, a failed stint in rehab, a divorce, unemployment, a stomach ulcer, and a near-death hospitalization…

A mom of two found herself drinking alcohol every day during the onset of the pandemic. However, while listening to a woman share her story on her favorite podcast, the Texas mom had an epiphany. At that moment, she decided she never wanted to drink again. In 2019, Lainy Warnecke, from McKinney, had intended to take a…

At the age of 18, a young man lay on his hospital bed watching his mother vent her agony and disappointment to another visitor. The teen was lucky to be alive. Christopher Dickie was a drug addict who’d overdosed and survived. By the end of high school, he’d already been arrested 14 times and had lost…