Age 00Since 12 / 10 / 2001
Quinta
It was very painful and very lonely and dark ...this is where my Addiction took me !!!!!!
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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 45
Nicole Grady
Drinking started out as fun, then became fun with problem, in the end it was just problems.
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Age 58Since 07 / 13 / 2014
Katie
I was at Party in the Park in Hyde Park and drank a lot.....
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Age 36Since 12 / 18 / 2016
Jenn
I was super mom by day black out drunk by night. I wanted everyone to believe I that I was single mom who had it all together, still had my good paying job, house, kids, car and what I thoug...
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Age 33Since 06 / 30 / 2012
Sean Sutton
My life was hell. Every day was a struggle to find what I needed just to feel "normal". I had friends for years that genuinely never saw me sober. I lost countless opportunities, whether it...
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Age 36Since 10 / 26 / 2014
John French
I'd find myself going out every night. I liked to be social,gamble and not be at home. I had ran into a bump in the road because of my drinking and was on the verge of self destruct. I'd use...
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Age 34Since 09 / 25 / 2015
Michelle
I began drinking at the age of,16.. lived the rock and roll life.. running from anything that didn't keep me drunk.. I managed to get clean 8 years ago.. but the drinking was the one demon I...
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Age 42Since 01 / 02 / 2013
Shawna Morris
A living hell.. All I wanted to do was get high..I hated myself everyday..
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Age 42Since 12 / 19 / 1999
Celina
Lost my kids, homeless, hopeless, suicidal and homicidal. Wished I was dead, cut all my hair off with a Swiss Army knife scissors.
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Age 27Since 06 / 28 / 2018
Morgan
Miserably depressing. I didn't shower, didn't eat , did not change my clothes ever , sidnt necessarily want to kill myself...but it was safe to say I didn't care one bit if I did t wake up i...
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