BECOMING INVOLVED IN THE CREATION OF THE CERTIFIED PEER RECOVERY SPECIALIST PROGRAM HAS CHANGED ME IN WAYS THAT ARE HARD TO ARTICULATE - ...

Lisa Margotta Lisa is a person in long term recovery. What that means for her is she hasn’t used a drink or drug since December 26, 2012....

Caroline Bailey Caroline has fulfilled the curricula requirements to obtain her New Jersey State Certification as a Certified Peer Recove...

Ella Hi my name is Ella, and I’m an addict. I’m 18 years old, and I’ve lived in Morris County for the majority of my life. I’m a musician...

Kelly LaBar Kelly has been in long-term recovery since January 26 2003. She works in the recovery field as a CPRS and Project Coordinato...

Gary Rappold POOR OR RICH, BLACK OR WHITE, BLUE OR WHITE COLLAR, GAY OR STRAIGHT, IT DOESN'T MATTER While I was in the middle of my battl...

James Fox James Fox is a Certified Peer Recovery Specialist at CARES. Are you looking for support in your recovery? Call James Today 973-...

ALICIA COOK Alicia Cook is a best-selling writer and award-winning activist from New Jersey whose work has been featured in numerous medi...

This is certainly a tough and broad issue. As a licensed, and board certified pain physician, I rarely find an indicated use for chronic ...

ERIKA SHORTWAY Erika Shortway is a person in long term recovery that has turned her experience with her own struggles with addiction into...

NOT MY KID Being a parent of an addict I never even thought of the possibility that she would overdose. Always a possibility because it h...

MICHAEL CAVALLO Michael Cavallo grew up just outside of Boston, Massachusetts. After injuries cut short his senior year as a college hock...

My story begins on March 17th 2013 when I got that dreadful call that my son Robert Rebyak age 26, was in the hospital accidental overdos...

A little over 3 years ago, it was my second day in detox from prescription medication (Opioids). Off to rehab after a very traumatic and ...

My name is Holly Webb Like many, my story started out being prescribed pain pills.  I was on then for a few years for multiple reasons an...

THE PERILS OF OPIATES The twilight engenders loneliness, harbinger of wicked fantasies, eliciting images of Erebus. Pain overwhelms mind...

A SECOND CHANCE TO DANCE ...a second chance at life, faith and friendship, or morphine and me, what a strange dichotomy” It was dreary an...