Age 38Since 12 / 12 / 2015
Sheilah Powell
I hated waking up every single day. I was unhappy, miserable and angry. I felt like I was wandering around life without a road map and couldn't deal with anything. I needed alcohol and pills...
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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.
Since 12 / 11 / 2010
Sherri
I was just numb and in a perpetual state of denial. My life was a mess and I couldn’t keep relationships. Most of all, I hated myself.
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Age 37Since 01 / 17 / 2019
Robert
My original sober date was March 25, 2012. I was sober for almost 6 years when I picked up again. For a year I was out there and it was extremely difficult being caught in the grips of addic...
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Age 42Since 04 / 23 / 2013
RJ
I never in my life thought that I would be the one saying that phrase. I grew up in a home with an alcoholic parent. I didn't know he was an "alcoholic", I just thought he loved to drink. I...
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Age 57Since 06 / 30 / 2008
roni
lost in alcohol and drug addiction saw my life going down the drain, no hope, no way out
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Age 33Since 03 / 26 / 2019
Daniel j aguilar
At first drugs were a way for me to express my freedom i was a spinal chord patent who found freedom tru chemicals (opiates) i had a 950$ pill habbit i had a nice car a nice place to stay an...
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Age 42Since 04 / 25 / 2011
Tiffany Ray
I was miserable. I couldn't function with alcohol and couldn't function without it. I was a slave to the bottle.
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Age 34Since 09 / 27 / 2018
Heather
I was living a lie everyday of my life. I was really good at hiding it in the beginning. But then slowly over time I was out of control. Hiding bottles of alcohol, having to drink from the t...
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Age 30Since 03 / 14 / 2014
Monica Tucker
Honestly, active addiction left me in constant misery and hopelessness. I wasn't able to function without using something to motivate me to get out of bed. It was like a vicious cycle that I...
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Age 58Since 03 / 14 / 2012
Mary
Being an active alcoholic was a minute by minute living hell.
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Age 43Since 11 / 18 / 2018
Christoffer
I thought I had everything under control. Wine was just my way of awarding myself after a hard days work, and my “mean” to calm down. But somehow I knew there was a problem - cause I was onl...
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Age 55Since 10 / 29 / 2013
Mike Schleis
Pure hell over 20 yrs multiple drug addictions the last 15 to Opiates. I was in a very dark place lost,addicted, and dying. Lost everything.
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