More Southern Souls
I dropped out of school my senior year and joined the military. Neither were smart moves for me.
“We grew up in a little town in Louisiana, and I was the youngest of five kids. I was a softball star, and my parents...
I have survived what was done to me and what I did to myself
“My parents separated when I was three. There was a custody battle, but my mother was on drugs and alcohol, so my dad...
This is big sister payback
"My sister just gave me these big neon signs advertising that today is my 40th birthday. She also flooded my Facebook...
I sat down in the police car and surrendered everything to the Lord
“I married a preacher’s son when I was 16. I didn't have a chance to experience life. It took me seven years to get...
We are worth so much more than who we are in addiction
“My mom was a drug addict, so I grew up with drugs. I had friends over in eighth grade to smoke weed, and it was never...
I went after my recovery like I went after drugs
“I didn’t have a traumatic childhood that could explain the direction my life would go. My mom and dad lived in...
Enjoy this time instead of wasting it worrying that she will do it again
“Our daughter lived on her own. She partied hard and we kept telling her to slow down. We didn't know exactly how bad...
I overdosed three times in a week. We didn’t know the pills were fentanyl
“I don’t know how I got here. I had a happy childhood with no trauma. I had good parents and went to good schools, but...
Fentanyl made it too late
"Kelsey was my cousin. We were born four months apart and raised as sisters with sleepovers, dance classes, and...
I came to a little bit and heard a nurse say, ‘Oh my God, I’ve never given anyone this much Narcan in my life’
“I am originally from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. When I was about 12 years old, doctors removed my gallbladder and...
Selling drugs meant I didn’t do the things I used to do to buy them
“I was 17 the first time I did drugs. I became a drug dealer, selling for decades to pay the bills and support my...