MEMBER STORIES

I’m not much of a runner these days, 55 and when I came wholeheartedly into recovery, I was about 50. I couldn’t tell you how many times I walked the winding driveway at Windana Maryknoll over the first 12 months.…

Once upon a time I drank for twelve years. The reasons I had weren’t great: I had grown unaccountably sad, tired and frightened. It was a time marked by the twin sensations of terrible isolation and helplessness. I was unemployed…

Two weeks into my stay at a residential rehabilitation program for drug addiction I decided to quit smoking cigarettes and consequently started to run laps of the courtyard; this is where my fitness journey into running would begin. Almost 8,000km…

It’s hard to think about where to begin, or what to write when I’m trying to describe my journey from harmful substance use into recovery. My life is so far from where it once was. For 6 years I couldn’t…

With last Sunday marking possibly my sixth run with the group. I thought now might be as good as time as any to share a little bit about myself. I’ve been in recovery now for over six years and have…

When I had my first drink of alcohol (at age 13), I remember thinking ‘this feels amazing’. For once in my life, I had the confidence I had yearned for as a young lad and I was finally able to…