Real-Life Stories

In these stories, several people featured in the CLOSE TO HOME SERIES tell us about their struggles with the disease of addiction and their lives in recovery.

PEGGY: Middle-Class Alcoholic

LOUIS: Reclaiming Himself from Drugs

WENDY: Freedom to Drink, or Freedom to Live?

JOE: A Teenager's Struggle

PAUL: A Physician's Illness

SUE: A Family's Battle with Heroin Addiction