Age 35Since 11 / 11 / 2016
Afton
It 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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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 38Since 12 / 15 / 2017
Sonora
I 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 38Since 05 / 28 / 2016
Jessica
What 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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Age 34Since 09 / 22 / 2008
Miri Roberts
My life before sobriety was basically the typical sick cycle of being drunk every single day, getting DUI's, feeling hungover everyday, pitiful incomprehensible demoralization, and dreaming...
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Age 29Since 09 / 08 / 2017
Scott Simpson
Hard at first, although I had done a year of sobriety before and I know what great things sobriety brings.
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Age 36Since 01 / 28 / 2014
Edward Strong
Horrible always Chaos a life I wouldn't wish on anyone.
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Age 35Since 01 / 26 / 2016
Adam presnell
I would drink every day and take as much medication as possible to try to find joy everyday life. My addiction was cost me everything that was important to me and it ruled my life. I had to...
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Age 24Since 03 / 06 / 2017
Kayla-lee
When I was younger I always felt different. A bundle of depression and anxiety. I started cutting when I was 11, depression got worse. When I was 13 I had my first sip of alcohol and my firs...
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Age 37Since 08 / 26 / 2016
Angie
Pure hell!! No kind of life at all. Always worrying about the next fix and when I was going to go to jail.
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Age 31Since 07 / 18 / 2014
Kristina
My grandparents had passed away and I didn't know how to cope with that. At the same time I started hanging out with the wrong crowd and I was feeling vulnerable and didn't want to feel the...
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