Age 62
Maxine
Sober sinceOmg! It’s the best thing I’ve done in my life, I had no life before sobriety , every minute of everyday was wondering where my next drink was coming from, I was rarely seen without a bottle...
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Sober Stories
Real people, real recovery. Honest accounts of what it was like, what happened, and what life looks like now — shared to remind anyone still struggling that they are not alone.
Age 32
Hecht Amar
Sober sinceI was drunk everyday, depressed, vomits, loneliness... Feeling my life as a destruction, pain, and nothing more.
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Steve Swarner
Sober sinceSpent the better part of my 20s and 30s hitchhiking taking Jobs here and there but always coming back to Idaho and was constantly reminded by child support and visual markers why my heart ac...
Read storyAge 47
Joseph Rowe
Sober sinceMy name is Joe and I am an alcoholic and addict. I had my first drink at 15. I had the dream childhood. Two great parents and a great sister. A nice house in a good neighborhood. A big lawn...
Read storyAge 37
Chelsey Glenn
Sober sinceWhat started out as a small town past time on weekends, followed me to the bigger cities. I moved from Illinois to Texas during my college years and drinking had only been a weekend ritual....
Read storyAge 33
Jessica Newman
Sober sinceI held down a job (barely) but was literally constantly hungover and puking at work. It got to the point that every waking moment I want at work i was chugging beers and shots. I'd wake up o...
Read storyAge 45
Brandon Uribe
Sober sinceI did whatever it took to get loaded, no matter how bad it made me feel in the process of getting there...
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Ashley
Sober sinceI was drinking morning noon and night it was bad for me i didn't care about my life at all i got help went to rehab for 7 months i got out stay sober for month then i went back into drinking...
Read storyAge 35
Nick
Sober since"The alcoholic is like a tornado roaring his way through the lives of others. Hearts are broken. Sweet relationships are dead. Affections have been uprooted. Selfish and inconsiderate habits...
Read storyAge 26
Zoe Eubank
Sober sinceIt was horrible... The isolation, loneliness and the homelessness. I missed my family, friends, and most of all my daughter!
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