Live Free 999 encourages everyone to speak openly about mental health. We have created a space to share the stories sent to us from our audience to inspire others to share their own journeys, creating a virtual story-telling chain of community and support.
Notice: Some of the stories shared may contain topics that could be emotionally triggering to some members of our audience. Topics such as suicide, self-harm, substance abuse, and trauma are discussed.
My whole life I lived around constant drama. With my mom, I grew up without money. While living with her, there was lots of abuse involved with me. I got taken from her luckily to live with my dad, an abusive alcoholic. For years, I was given trauma by him mentally and physically. Now, I no longer live with him
Since I was younger, I’ve always been ugly, fat, poor, no friends at school, always alone. I’ve been bullied and that changed how live my life today. I suffer with social anxiety, depression, feeling stuck in the same place and alone. Never had a girlfriend or any kind of romantic relationship. I just feel like I’m no good for anyone.
Back in 2018 I lost my father to a car accident. He was a heavy drug abuser and alcoholic. At the time I was only 12, and after he passed I felt like I was in this void I couldn’t escape from. I had all these thoughts of suicide and took the pain out on my wrists and legs. I
My name is Wyatt and I am from South Carolina and I’m 19 years old, when I was a child, I experienced a lot of trauma from my mother and her being an addict when I was young and also being an alcoholic. As I grew up it only got worse but when I turned 13, she passed away from
I’ve been sober for 7.5 years. I do work with other addicts and alcoholics helping them achieve sobriety. Jarad’s, creativity under the stage name Juice WRLD, made an immediate connection to my dark side. I deal with addiction, and mental health on a daily basis. His music helps get me through the days at times. -John
On the surface, Juice Wrld and I would not appear to have all that much in common, but therein lies the beauty of great music. I have dealt with Major Depression and Anxiety for years and have really struggled to put words to how I was feeling. So much of how I would feel just did not make sense. On
Juice’s music has helped so many people through so much. I battled addiction myself along with severe depression. Seeing someone be so relatable and successful but also still fighting demons is a huge motivator. I feel like some songs were written for me at the time I heard them. He is truly an inspiration to me and so many young
I am writing this letter from one mother to another. I pray this letter finds its way to you. My name is Crystal and I am located in a small rural town in West Texas called Merkel. I have a 14 almost 15 year old son, and I’d like to share a little piece of Fowler’s story with you. Fowler
I am an addictions counselor. I struggled with mental health and addictions growing up. I’m now sober and have been since April 3, 2019. Juice was always there for me. His music told my story. his music put words to how I felt. Always. When juice passed away I wanted to give up, but I kept hearing juice say “Don’t give
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