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 29
Sarah
Sober sinceI was face to face with death. I almost lost my family and I lost my free will.
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Age 32
Jay
Sober sinceVery lonely. I would go weeks where the only time I would leave the house would be to get food, smokes and rum. I spent years wallowing in depression and self pity.
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Age 34
John (TattooTarzan)
Sober sinceI grew up in a household woth my mother & farher drinking heavy, taking pills and smoking weed,so as I was growing up I thought it was just the right thing to do, I never thought my addictio...
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Age 30
Chad Anthony
Sober sinceMy life was complete chaos. I was living just to use. I was selling drugs and flying by the seat of my pants
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Age 61
Coleen Young
Sober sinceHere I go again, trying to remember so I can let it all go. But where do I begin? Do I start from the now, or the past? A wise person once told me the only way we will heal, we first need to...
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Age 53
Sarah Merkel
Sober sinceI was a great drunk. I went to work, raised my kids, fed the pets, etc. You get the picture. But I was sick every morning and really messed my kids lives up. Not cool watching your Mom fall...
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Age 25
KourtneyDee
Sober sinceI had realized at a young age that I was immensely sad, always. A dark hole was inside me. When I found alcohol, pills and amphetamines, that hole "appeared" to dissipate. Substances gave me...
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Age 35
Afton
Sober sinceIt was awful. There are no other words for it. I wasn’t your average everyday drunk. I put my time in on the weekends. I had goals. To get so drunk, I wouldn’t have to remember.
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Age 38
Sonora
Sober sinceI am still in "it"...working hard to have each day be my last. So today, 12/15/17 is my LAST day!! So SO hard.
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Age 38
Jessica
Sober sinceWhat was it like: My story is not special or unique. It's most probably very similar to others who have lived through the hell that is addiction. I started using substances when I was 15, to...
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