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Age 54Since 11 / 01 / 1988
Tami
Escapism in a bottle. Instant self esteem, and feeling part of. Mental obsession coupled with a physical allergy. Looking for love in all the wrong places.
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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.
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Age 28Since 04 / 28 / 2019
Robin
I was addicted to crack the progressed to meth I got arrested, went to jail for 10 months got out and relapsed.
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Age 43Since 08 / 13 / 2019
Amanda Bertelson
I never missed work because of it and 97% of the time I even made it to the gym. I came home, made dinner with a glass of wine or two. Made sure the kids got their home work done, showers an...
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Age 29Since 10 / 27 / 2018
Thora Pepin
Complete & total chaos - from waking up in a jail cell with no recollection of why to waking up in a homeless man's sleeping bag I stole...
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Age 54Since 11 / 10 / 2004
Michael-Munson
It was my second time around. I first got sober at 22 after starting drugs and alcohol when I was around 12 years old. I stayed sober for eight years and then went back out for another 10. I...
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Age 47Since 04 / 22 / 2006
Koly McBride
I was a binge drinker and user from age 19 on. I could clean up for a few months, pull the shards of my life back together, then crash! It would all come smashing down again, with me off on...
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Age 66Since 01 / 15 / 1991
Vander Dale
My bottom was living downtown on Skidrow homeless suffering from a crack cocaine addiction and alcoholism.
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Age 30Since 11 / 24 / 2019
Tamesha
I was four years sober and doing well. I had just finished college, got engaged, and got a job working in recovery. In 2018 I took a turn for the worst after I lost my grandma on 4/17/2018 a...
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Age 24Since 01 / 14 / 2016
James Secules
I was in college (barely) and making ends meet by dealing drugs. I had stopped living the happy and free party life like most of my friends and started living along the dangerous path of doi...
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Age 29Since 11 / 12 / 2019
Kirsten
I have NO off button. When I start drinking I don’t stop. The only things in life I feel true guilt about have all been actions I have done while drinking. Stripping at a work Christmas func...
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