I Want to Turn My Life Around Stories of Experiences

It's so easy to say things like, "I am going to be a better person" or "I will make my life better", but saying and doing are two totally different things.Over the last four years, my life has slipped into chaos and uncertainty. I am no...

Part Two: Dreams
-Fuel for the human mind

It was a warm summer afternoon with dry, heavy air that would momentarily breeze through much like waves upon a beach. I slowly opened my eyes and stared out the window and took in a orange...

It's time to man up. No more hanging around, feeling sorry for myself. It's time to stop smoking, get back into shape, get a new job, and just live my life instead of hiding away. I can still be happy, there is hope. But I have to...

I have done so many things I should feel some shame for but I do not. This is my reason for not feeling ashamed I realize only God is perfect. Without mistakes, bad choices and experiences how did I learn. I believed that many people...

I am trying to find ways to be happy in every area of my life. So much of my life is fulfilling and brings me great joy. Yet there are areas that bring me down. It is like I am in this raft floating on this beautiful lake. It is serene...

Well here is sit hungover and unhappy I feel like my life is a wreck, i am my own worst enemy. I was always the life of the party in highschool always the one to get the drunkist but now I'm just so tired of that, I run the bars on a...

Once again, as always, I can't wait for it to happen and no longer will. I am going to take action for something to happen.

Hi, i'm 15 years old. im a girl. have a normal family. have friends. everyone sees me as the funny person with a smile always on their face. At school I fake a smile to keep people out of my business. when i get home you wouldnt...

I'm a nearly 16 year old guy from the uk and my life hasn't been so great lately. Believe me its no ones fault but my own. My school grades declined but are gradually improving, anyway i have always had the tendency to steal, ever from...

Juvenile Detention Centers. Family Treatment Centers. "Home" away from home. That is what I have been dealing with for the past year. Not what I expected life as a teenager would be like, but I have to deal with it I guess. Late July, 2...

I woke up this afternoon for the first time since friday morning. A weekend of alcohol replacing food, drugs replacing sleep and parties replacing reality..... 4 days. Straight.

Yet another weekend surrendered to a product of my...

So, the word stress if pretty big with me right now. Ive got a big family, im the baby of the family and i always seem to be at the end of everyone's jokes...Believe me i can have a laugh with the best of them, however, when what they...

Turned my life around,I've finally done it,When I look back,Even a month ago,I was a mess,It's amazing,What happens,Somethin' goin' right,For a change,What a lift!

Hi i'm Toby Stevens, I'm a 14 year old boy who likes to have a good time but i started to take a good time too far. I started doing drugs and drinking and going out and generally being rebellious. I liked the life i had with my friends...

I know what's going on in my life and exactly what I need to change but I am having a little trouble on figuring out where it is that I need to start. People can only make suggestions and I have a hard time accepting the help and advice...

Okay so basically i am writing this post just out of sheer frustration  and unhappiness. I just want to start over a new life and leave everthing behind me, but i cant do that.Okay so i will tell my story here it goes, I am currently...

I am 57 years old and in the worst physical condition of my life . When I graduated from high school in 1972 I weighed 187 lbs . Now, today I am at 270 lbs and I can't help myself to make a change . Thats why I need you . I need to and...

Some of you know my story, most don't.
Basically, I was sexually abused at a young age, started cutting and self injuring at age 8, started doing drugs and smoking at 11. Im 18 now. And Ive just begun this year dealing with it all. So...

Ever wanted to go back to the old days? Well, about a year ago i moved down to this...i hate to put it this way...but i moved to this ghetto place from the suburbs. And just yesterday i almost got punched by a homeless! I did my best...

I am stuck in a rut. It is a cage I have created for myself that is completely imaginary. I know it doesn't exist yet the bars feel as real and as palpable as Alkatraz. It's amazing how you can bear witness to the development of you're...