Age 39
David Emenheiser
Sober since4 years ago from today I left my family and kids and decided I was gonna get so high my hope was that I wouldn't wake up and I would finally free all my loved ones from the chaos I had cause...
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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 25
Christopher Jackson
Sober sinceDeciding to choose a life of sobriety is one of the greatest decisions I will ever make. I am going on two months clean after relapsing, when going on 11 months clean. Its still hard, the de...
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Age 30
Brandy Jouikov
Sober sinceI was a very heavy drinker- beer was my favorite and at my worst I was drinking 28-30 beers a day sometimes adding in wine, vodka, whatever else. As a mom I would start my day off with half...
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Age 29
Hillary
Sober sinceI used alcohol to cope with anxiety and it quickly turned into something I relied on to get through almost everything.
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Age 33
Stacey
Sober sinceI was raised to succeed in life. I was given every opportunity one could hope for! I grew up in private school and had a supportive present family. The disease of addiction doesn’t care how...
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Age 28
Terin DeVoto Noonan
Sober sinceNowhere to live, no job, no car, no real friends. Waking up shaking every morning until I consumed alcohol. Drunk from sun up to sun down, high on anything I could get my hands on. In and ou...
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Age 39
Alisha
Sober sinceAfter 6.5 years sober I thought that I could go out and socially drink. I believed that if I found out I was still an alcoholic that I would be able to walk back into the rooms and be okay....
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Age 31
Ralphy Suarez
Sober sinceFor 7 years I had been using crystal meth. I was smoking it and intravenously injecting it. No one knew and I thought I was going to die using, and thought there was no way out. "I used to l...
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Age 24
Jaclyn
Sober sinceI struggled for a long time trying to find my place in this world but I finally feel like I am exactly where I'm supposed to be. This journey has been filled with many ups and downs but ever...
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Age 40
Melissa
Sober sinceIn college my alcoholic tendencies emerged. It didn't take much coercion to get me to go out any day of the week and always drank to excess, but it was college so it was fun. My problem drin...
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Age 40
Mike Hansen
Sober sinceIsolated, lies, hiding, sad, bankrupt, divorce, hospitalization, leaves of absence = unemployable.
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