Comic Michael Colyar on How His Mother Inspired Him to Get Sober
Comedian Michael Colyar, who spent 23 years addicted to crack cocaine, shares how this mother’s faith—in God and in Michael—inspired him to finally achieve sobriety.
Recovery
Everyone suffers, whether it’s from illness, emotional distress, or addiction. Recovery is the place of healing where you can come back to a state of wholeness.
In Recovery for His Addiction, He Reconciled with His Father
By Grant Phillips7 min read
After the childhood he had, he vowed never to talk to his father again and he almost didn’t.
Her Husband Was Addicted to Meth. Could She Find the Strength to Leave?
By Erin Leonhardt9 min read
Al-Anon helped her to recognize that she was enabling her husband’s destructive behavior, but did she have the resolve to leave him—even for his own good?
Are You Helping or Enabling Addiction? How to Tell the Difference
By Anita Bont, Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation2 min read
A supervisor with Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation explains the concept of enabling someone with a substance use disorder and why you may be hindering your loved one’s recovery, not helping.
She Followed God’s Voice to Battle Addiction
By Deborah Voigt8 min read
For years this opera singer’s brilliance hid her darker side.
Married to a Meth Addict, She Had Difficult Choices to Make
Listen as Erin Leonhardt shares how she came to understand that she couldn’t “fix” her husband’s meth addiction, that in trying to help him, she was actually enabling him.
How She Relinquished Control of Her Pain and Her Addiction to God
By Lori Gottula8 min read
It started with a bad back. It ended with addiction and a moment of truth.
His Drug Addiction Left Him in Poverty Until He Encountered This Woman
By Jim Harmon7 min read
The memory of the woman whose car smelled of roses stayed with him. Her words seemed to grow stronger, more insistent by the day, until there was no ignoring them. He reached out for help and a place to stay and learned to live without drugs one day at a time.
This Business Owner Gives People Recovering from Addiction a Second Chance
By George Vorel8 min read
Industrial steel processing is a tough business, but George Vorel doesn’t hesitate to hire recovering addicts. Here’s why.
Addiction in the Workplace: How Employers Can Help
By Nick Motu, Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation8 min read
The Chief External Affairs Officer of the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation offers guidance on dealing with employees who may be active or recovering addicts.
This Steel Company Owner Succeeds by Giving Addicts a Second Chance
The founder and owner of an industrial steel processing company in Carnegie, Pennsylvania, shares how his own daughter’s struggles with addiction inspired him to change his hiring process to give recovering addicts a chance at a decent job with a working wage.
A Doctor’s Perspective on Opioid Addiction
By Marvin Seppala, M.D.2 min read
A physician discusses the function of opioids, how the increase in their use came about and how physical dependence on, and addiction to, these painkillers can be overcome.
