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Why Is Sobriety Often So Hard to Maintain?

Why couldn’t Dana Smith stay sober? It was 1998. Dana was a 34-year-old methamphetamine and prescription pain medication…

Why a Man Battling Addiction Painted 2,000 Angels

I was celebrating with friends in our apartment complex on New Year’s Eve, 1986, when the turn in…

Turning to God Helped Her Kick Her Gambling and Drug Addictions

The Prairie Meadows Casino in Altoona, Iowa, has more than 1,700 slot machines. The machines are in an…

Tips for Helping Teens Stay Sober

Navigating the passage to adulthood with health and sobriety can feel like a challenge for teens and their…

This Former Addict Is a Popular New York City SoulCycle Instructor

Meet me and I bet you don’t think, That guy’s a New York fitness instructor. I’m not some…

Their Son’s Recovery from Drug Addiction Made Them Closer

We considered ourselves a normal, middle-class American family, a good family. My wife, Michelle, and I lived in a…

SXSW Doc ‘Take Your Pills’ Explores a Different Drug Crisis

Take Your Pills, a new documentary on the ongoing drug epidemic, premiered at the South by Southwest Film…

Noa Shaw on Overcoming the Fear of Exercise

Good afternoon, Guideposts magazine. This is Noah Shaw. I am a senior instructor at Soul Cycle, also the…

How God’s Mercy Helped This Pilot Through Addiction

Sometimes in church I glance over at my wife and still can’t believe how fortunate I am. Then…

How God’s Love Helped This Country Singer Out of Addiction

There was a time a few years ago when I was writing really negative songs about couples “slippin’…

How God Delivered Her from the Grip of Opioid Addiction

I grew up in a very rigid, dogmatic space. Mistakes and imperfections were unacceptable. I was programmed to…

How Divine Intervention Guided Her Out of Drug Addiction

There’s no way of justifying what I did that terrible evening in June 1982, but at the time…

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