Reach Out Recovery
My name is Lindsey Glass and I am a screenwriter and documentary filmmaker. I am also a person in recovery. I’ve been working on my recovery since I was 21, but more about that later. As a media...
View ArticleCall for Stories
Articles and Creative Writing Submissions :: editor@inrecoverymagazine.com or use the form below. Theater, Radio and Film Do you know someone in recovery who is doing something inspirational in the...
View ArticleCrossTalk
CrossTalk is based on the premise that recovery life is polytely: frequently, complex problem-solving situations characterized by the presence of not one, but several, endings. This writing represents...
View ArticleSome Things Change
Without sounding like an old Navy salt . . . some things change, and some things remain the same. Drinking has been a tradition in many navies. The British Navy gave sailors daily rations of rum. The...
View ArticleFrom Soldier to Substance Abuse
In late summer and fall of 2001, our nation was under attack in a manner unheard of to date. The attack on the World Trade Center on September 11 is etched into the minds of Americans across this...
View ArticleBetter Boxes
Military veterans should never be homeless. Nevertheless, I know all too well that many veterans, especially those impacted by mental illness and substance abuse, end up on the streets just as I did....
View ArticleThe Light Bulb Came On
At the age of 16, I began smoking pot. My parents were getting divorced, and I thought it was the end of the world. I had been in emotional pain for a couple of years. When I was 14 years old, my best...
View ArticleAnother Kind of War
I received an Article 15 for underage drinking five months after arriving at my first duty station. I was sent to the local VA for outpatient substance abuse treatment, as well as a year in the Air...
View ArticleTruth and Consequences (PTSD)
Last week I read a letter in Dear Abby about a person who had set high education goals. She was very proud of her accomplishments. She wondered why others seemed intimidated by her credentials....
View ArticleSleeping by a Dumpster
Three years, six months and ten days ago (not that I’m counting), I was sleeping by a dumpster behind the bar where I drank for 35 years. I woke up in my normal stupor, got on one knee and said, “God...
View ArticleA Dog’s Tale
This is a true story. Names and locations have been changed to protect the privacy of Larry’s family. Anne H. He was the runt of the litter and the last one born. It was a beautiful day; the sun was...
View ArticleFrom Peer to Peer: Combat and PTSD
I recently had the privilege of interviewing Iraqi War veteran and friend-in-recovery, Rob Ziarnick. He spoke candidly about his experience with PTSD. What follows is a condensed version of our...
View ArticleKay’s Kitchen: Christopher Blake, Veteran Extraordinaire
Upon first meeting Christopher Stanislas Blake, no one ever guessed that he was a 93-year-old US WWII veteran, a writer, a cook and a former restaurateur with 17 years of sobriety. His warmhearted and...
View ArticleRez Riders
The Rez Riders are an All Nations Indian motorcycle club with both male and female full patch holders. The club, in existence in Arizona since 2008, is a non-profit corporation in good standing with...
View ArticleFrom Peer to Peer: An Interview with a Soldier
In the Winter 2014 issue of IRM, I interviewed Rob Ziarnick about his experience with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Rob was in the 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines from 2002 to 2005, just “doing his job.”...
View ArticleWe Ran out of Couches
John M. Shinholser’s life reads like a story from the back of the Big Book. After 32 years of recovery, John is a tempered combination of wisdom and enthusiasm, all wrapped up in the courtesies of a...
View ArticlePaying it Forward
My father, cousins and uncles were all either heroin addicts, alcoholics or drug dealers. As a child growing up in a dysfunctional and abusive environment, this was my reality, my normal, my world. I...
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