"I lost absolutely everything. When I walked into rehab I literally had the clothes on my back."

"I lost absolutely everything. When I walked into rehab I literally had the clothes on my back."

Kevin Alter fell into drugs when he was only 17. His journey downhill began during his high school years on Long Island when he and his friends got some cocaine. He couldn’t stop the first time he tried it and spent...

Kevin Alter fell into drugs when he was only 17. His journey downhill began during his high school years on Long Island when he and his friends got some cocaine. He...

To serve as a fount of inspiration that absolutely anything (and everything) is possible in life, Bored Panda has compiled this list of the most spectacular, majestic and amazing transformations of people who quit doing heroin, meth, and other drugs.

To serve as a fount of inspiration that absolutely anything (and everything) is possible in life, Bored Panda has compiled this list of the most spectacular, majestic and amazing transformations of...

I'm David Tesinsky from Prague and I'm an independent photographer of the subcultures, urban cultures, street stories and people's stories in general AKA reportage/social documentary photography. I've captured stories of the drug addicts in Prague during 8 months spent in the streets...

I'm David Tesinsky from Prague and I'm an independent photographer of the subcultures, urban cultures, street stories and people's stories in general AKA reportage/social documentary photography. I've captured stories of the drug...

David Tesinsky

Kenyans have been moved by the story of Patrick Hinga, a man who was completely lost, homeless and drug-addicted, until a chance meeting with a former classmate, Wanja Mwaura, kicked off a major transformation and turned his life around.

Kenyans have been moved by the story of Patrick Hinga, a man who was completely lost, homeless and drug-addicted, until a chance meeting with a former classmate, Wanja Mwaura, kicked off...

Everything in moderation is a pretty solid rule to live by, but some things are harder to moderate than others.

Everything in moderation is a pretty solid rule to live by, but some things are harder to moderate than others.

Inspired by his personal battle with drug addiction and the tenets of his Baha'i faith, Nasir Sobhani, a Melbourne-based barber known as the "Street Barber," skateboards around the city giving free cuts to homeless people on his days off and spending...

Inspired by his personal battle with drug addiction and the tenets of his Baha'i faith, Nasir Sobhani, a Melbourne-based barber known as the "Street Barber," skateboards around the city giving free...

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Treatment 4 Addiction, an online recovery resource directory, released a series of powerful and terrifying infographics that show just how many years of one’s life an addiction to a various substances can cost.

Treatment 4 Addiction, an online recovery resource directory, released a series of powerful and terrifying infographics that show just how many years of one’s life an addiction to a various substances...

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