Content Note: This episode discusses overdose death, grief, and the loss of a loved one. Please read with care. The Sober Living Chronicles is inspired by real experiences in recovery and sober living. Names, identifying details, timelines, circumstances, and characters have been changed or...
Weekdays were usually routine around the house; this morning was no different. Josie had left early for work, Sabrina was shadowing her every move, and Jenny had already headed downtown on foot for another shift at the breakfast café. Taylor stood in the bedroom she had called home for the...
Another week, another house meeting. Sunday evening, everyone settled into the living room, crowded onto the couches or sitting cross-legged on the floor. Rae took a seat and started the meeting. “Alright, ladies,” she smiled. “Let’s get started.” She glanced toward...
The familiar beep of the front door keypad echoed through the house just after nine as Rae entered her code and stepped inside. Like every weekday morning, Rae stepped into Daughter’s House with a cup of coffee in one hand and her phone in the other. The familiar sounds greeted her...
Before there was Daughter’s House, there was grief. The founder never intended to start a sober living program. Like so many parents affected by addiction, she was simply trying to survive the unimaginable loss of her daughter. After years of watching addiction steal pieces of her child’s life,...
Gala’s Story: From Active Addiction to a Life in Recovery In this edition of the RAGE newsletter, we feature Daughter’s House Program alum, Gala; now four+ years sober. She currently works in a treatment center, has completed her Alcohol and Drug Training (ADT), and is building a future dedicated...
Sunday house meetings are mandatory. No working. No skipping. No staying in bedrooms to nap or shower when the meeting starts. By 5:00 p.m., everyone was expected to be home and attend. Some weeks, the meetings are calm. Other weeks, the tension is boiling over before the meeting starts. In a...
When Rae took the call from the intake coordinator at the detention center, they had a bed available and were holding it for the new resident scheduled to be released next week. Ronnie—Veronica—had been incarcerated for three years and would be released on an ankle monitor and entering drug...
Observed every May since 1949, Mental Health America founded Mental Health Awareness Month to educate the public and bring attention to mental health. What began as a movement to shed light on misunderstood conditions has grown into a nationwide effort to promote understanding, compassion, and...
First Day I kept replaying Rae’s voice in my head. “Start with your chore. Get up. Do your chore. That’s how you begin to get grounded.” At the time, during intake, I wasn’t really hearing it. I was just trying to get through everything in front of me—the questions, the paperwork,...
When we first created the 3, 6, 9, 12 Recovery Companion Workbook, available on Amazon.com : 3 6 9 12 recovery companion workbook, we knew it had to be more than just pages and prompts. It needed to be a living, breathing extension of the community we were trying to build. That’s where Women...
Jenny lay on the bed staring at the ceiling, realizing she probably had things she should be doing. She needed to unpack and start figuring out how to navigate this new place she was in. The house was big. Rae had told me earlier that it was almost full. The only bed left to fill was in my room,...