Recovery, in their own words

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 57Since 12 / 25 / 2008

Debbie

Prison and loss of self

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Age 40Since 03 / 17 / 2014

Debi

I was a bartender for 15 yrs doing the late night thing...going out after work every night giving the money that I had just made back to another bartender from the opposite side of the bar....

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Age 29Since 08 / 01 / 2018

Tiffany

In my 5 years of active addiction was so hard, lonely, and scary. Being a Crystal meth IV user i thought i was never gonna recover I was always having to look over my shoulder, scared to go...

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Age 28Since 03 / 21 / 2018

Jamie

It was a stuggle to wake up most days so hungover and blacked out from the night before not knowing what happened and what kind of trouble I caused.

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Age 33Since 02 / 16 / 2018

Mallory

I met all my previous friends through various group activities, drinking on a daily basis was the norm for a while. Working in tech meant open bar parties and things got sloppy real fast. To...

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Age 25Since 02 / 24 / 2018

Sarahann Greenwell

Horrible.. I lost everything and everyone. I was homeless, broken and tempted on taking my own life. I was using heroin when I didn't want to use. I was absolutely hopeless/

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Age 42Since 09 / 01 / 2012

Karen Finn

I was drinking every day and sometimes getting so hungover that I couldn't get out of bed the next day. It went from being quite functional to affecting my job and health.

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