ABOUT ME

Hello! I’m Laura. Thank you for stopping by, I appreciate you.

We may not have the same story, but odds are we’ve shared similar experiences. Before I became clean from my DOC, cocaine, over thirty years ago, I normalized drive-bys, police raids, living in a trap house, and being held at gunpoint, not once but twice, because I was active in my addiction. Also, I apparently didn’t learn the first time a gun was held to my head that maybe I should move the hell outta there.

I also experienced the loss of loved ones and mental, physical, and sexual abuse at an early age and have been in relationships with addicts, some in recovery, some not.

My husband and I have been married for almost twenty years. He’s been sober from his pornography addiction for almost a decade. So, yeah, that means he was struggling with his addiction for part of our marriage. Only I didn’t know it was an addiction…neither did he.

The disclosure of his addiction caused me betrayal trauma, and healing from that propelled me on a journey to dig deep into my healing from my past traumas (hello, scary!), but it was the best decision I made for myself because it led me to therapy, emotional sobriety, and this! It did the same for my hubby.

It’s also helped me understand both sides of the recovery and healing journey.

I’m thankful to be clean from my DOC, and that gratitude led me to give back to those who struggled like I did. I talk a lot about how many mistakes I made along the way because I don’t want people to experience the same hurt and delay in recovery that I did.