Age 26
Maureen
Sober sinceUsing was just one big party until it started to grab a hold of my life. It turned into something I liked to do instead of something I wanted to do. I felt like I needed to get high to be no...
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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 20
Maggie
Sober sinceIt was hell. I was always so out of it. I lost my whole family. I robbed everyone. I was always so paranoid. I was homeless. I had no love for myself or anyone else.
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Age 28
Sabrina
Sober sinceI was always miserable with myself even though I had many blessings. I hadn't enjoyed drinking for a long time as I only wallowed in misery and recounted sad stories when I was inebriated. M...
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Age 32
Aimee
Sober sinceI was so determined that I was going to make my recovery stick this time and I think that somehow made it easier.
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Age 29
Alexander Scott
Sober sinceI lived a life always running from myself and hiding from the truth. My life was filled with chaos and I was never able to control my using.
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Age 29
Jock
Sober sinceI was a prisoner of substances in any and all forms. A slave to the lifestyle for nearly 15 years in search of anything to help me escape reality. Chasing any high that would make me feel an...
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Age 57
Trace E
Sober sinceI drank for 40 years, falling further every day down a crevice I could not climb out of. I was broken, lonely and very sad in the end.
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Age 30
Candice
Sober sinceRaised by an alcoholic Father and drug addicted Mom. After spiraling into my own alcoholism, I was introduced to opiates after a car accident. Those opiates led me to heroin, which pulled me...
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