Age 29
Steve
Sober sinceDrugs and Alcohol consumed my every action. I lost interest in many activities, relationships, and family. 24/7 being impaired or sick from not having any. So lost in life
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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 53
David Morrison
Sober sinceMy life was becoming small, predictable and limited. The routine of escape became a prison.
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Jena
Sober sinceLife as an alcoholic was like life with my toxic best friend. We did everything together. We ruined my life together.
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Lauren
Sober sinceAlcohol was my drug of choice, my #1 coping mechanism from the age of 16. It was my escape. It was how I ran from my emotions and numbed myself from pain and suffering. My disease progressiv...
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Billy
Sober sinceI drank because I was depressed and I was depressed because I drank. This led down a dark path of questioning life and reasons for living. I have a wonderful wife and two kids and people wou...
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Marc
Sober sinceAlcohol is my obsession that recycled itself daily. It was an obsession that gradually gripped every aspect of my days, affecting it for the worse. It fueled my mental health issues and comp...
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Tina
Sober sinceI was hopeless , lost and believed in nothing. Carry all my hurts habits and hang ups around knowing nothing else. In prisoned ,lost my kids ,broke, I was insane!
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Michelle Myers
Sober sinceThe Disco Drunk left the Party to realize Life is Life on its own real terms...
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Kyle
Sober sinceIt was Absolute Hell, I was on the very edge of losing everything including my sanity and almost my life. I started drinking at 14 and I really never stopped...Until now that is
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Nikita
Sober sincePain, lies, betreyal, fear, stealing and selfloathing. I hated my life, but didn’t have the tools to make it better. I kept losing everything I had. My son was taken, I got beatings on a dai...
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Jeff
Sober sinceI was completely off the rails. Struggling to control it but the remorse and regret for my actions was brutal. I had begun to gauge how bad the previous night was by whether my wife smiled a...
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