Age 54
Tami
Sober sinceEscapism 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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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 28
Robin
Sober sinceI was addicted to crack the progressed to meth I got arrested, went to jail for 10 months got out and relapsed.
Read storyAge 43
Amanda Bertelson
Sober sinceI 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...
Read storyAge 29
Thora Pepin
Sober sinceComplete & 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...
Read storyAge 54
Michael-Munson
Sober sinceIt 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...
Read storyAge 47
Koly McBride
Sober sinceI 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...
Read storyAge 66
Vander Dale
Sober sinceMy bottom was living downtown on Skidrow homeless suffering from a crack cocaine addiction and alcoholism.
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Tamesha
Sober sinceI 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...
Read storyAge 24
James Secules
Sober sinceI 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...
Read storyAge 29
Kirsten
Sober sinceI 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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