Warning!  This may cause you to Lie, make irrational decisions, push your family away and lose your integrity. Maybe that’s what should be printed on the bottles of alcohol, but I am not sure that a warning would have stopped me from drinking.  I had been warned and told many times that my life was out of control; I...

I have to say that before I came to Grace House my life was a complete mess. At the age of 21 I have managed to total two cars while under the influence, obtain 3 DWI’s, drop out of college, lose my apartment, and ultimately lose respect from my family and friends. The sad thing is that up until the day I walked through...

Broken, beaten, and scarred is an accurate description of my state of being upon checking myself into the Bridge House on that first day of the rest of my life, July 14th, 2010. Born the oldest of 4, into a caring, supportive, Native New Orleans family, I found myself fortunate growing up. I had every advantage of living...