Substance Abuse & HIV/AIDS: First Person
It took Carlos Perez eight years to recover from his addiction to crystal methamphetamine. Click here for his story.
- California Campaign Against Meth Abuse Includes First-Person Web Videos (Regularly Updated)
Viewers of MeNotMeth.org can add their own first-person stories to a growing collection of videos and find resources throughout California for fighting meth addiction.
From Me Not Meth
 Facing the Past of Addiction: A Blog Entry by Aaron Laxton (October 2, 2012)
"I have been clean for 265 days and with each day it gets easier. Being in recovery means taking one day at a time."
From TheBody.com
 HIV and Drug Relapse (Video) (Posted: August 2012)
"In this video I talk about my own battle with drugs, relapse and what role my diagnosis had in my relapse. Acceptance of your own diagnosis can be hard but you have to find healthy ways to deal with the stress of life and of HIV."
From TheBody.com
 This Positive Life: Richard Cordova (June 28, 2012)
Richard was given an AIDS diagnosis in 2002. He was devastated -- but not surprised, considering his life of hard partying, meth use and unprotected sex. But since that time, he's rediscovered his passion for life -- and traded drugs for marathons and 200-mile bike rides.
From TheBody.com
 Simply Rob: Advocate and Artist, a Man of Words Uses Them to Spread Truth (Summer 2012)
To read PDF, click here.
In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
 The Only Thing "Positive" in My Life Was My HIV Status: A Blog Entry by B. Osten (February 14, 2012)
"Every now and then the past creeps back. And when it does I take a moment and compare it to where I am today."
From TheBody.com
 Living My Life Positively (February 4, 2012)
"I've been ridiculed and criticized because of my HIV status," writes Louisiana resident Millicent Foster; "But that has just made me more determined."
From TheBody.com
- Profile: Inspiring, Devoted, Unstoppable (Winter 2012)
Despite the loss of her grand amour, Chantale Perron is as determined as ever to support and fight for the rights of drug users and people with HIV.
To read PDF, click here.
In The Positive Side, from Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange
 I Yam What I Yam! A Blog Entry by Rev. Andrena Ingram (January 22, 2012)
"I am a child of God, and for the past five years, am the pastor of a congregation on Germantown Avenue, in Philadelphia. It has been a long journey, a very public journey ... especially when it comes to my HIV status. No secrets ... I live my life as a religious leader LIVING unashamedly with the HIV virus."
From TheBody.com
 Surviving Addiction, an Advocate Finds Her Voice (January 17, 2012)
From AIDS Foundation of Chicago
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