{"id":840,"date":"2014-03-18T09:49:29","date_gmt":"2014-03-18T09:49:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/the7.dream-demo.com\/business\/?p=1"},"modified":"2021-09-22T16:51:04","modified_gmt":"2021-09-22T16:51:04","slug":"personal-stories-of-addiction-and-recovery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smartrecoverybc.com\/index.php\/2014\/03\/18\/personal-stories-of-addiction-and-recovery\/","title":{"rendered":"Personal Stories of Addiction and Recovery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1>Personal Stories of Addiction and Recovery<\/h1>\n<p>SMART Recovery participants share their stories of addiction recovery from alcohol abuse, drug abuse, self-harm, and substance abuse as well as other addictions and unhealthy behaviours.<\/p>\n<h3>Do <em>you<\/em> have a story about how SMART Recovery has impacted your life?<\/h3>\n<p>Please share it with us to post here on our site! Others will benefit from hearing your story and how you succeeded. Please email your story along with permission to share to info(at)smartrecoverybc.com.<\/p>\n<p><em>Please note that the views expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily match those of SMART Recovery.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Read stories of SMART Recovery participants and their journey in addiction recovery.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"583\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" width=\"182\">\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;\"><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smartrecovery.org\/resources\/library\/memberstories\/curly_sue.htm\">Curly_Sue<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" width=\"184\">\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;\"><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smartrecovery.org\/resources\/library\/memberstories\/Questor7_2010.htm\">Questor7 (2010)<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" width=\"167\">\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: Arial; 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