Age 24
Meagan Marie
Sober sinceMisery!! Living day to day hour by hour minute by minute worrying how to get my next fix. Constantly worrying about how not to be sick in 6 hours.. it was the same shit different day.. over...
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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 52
Gypsy Ozee
Sober sinceI was living that Rock n' Roll life. I was a functioning drunk. Drank enough bourbon to float a battleship!
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Age 52
Jan
Sober sinceI love seeing young people excited to recover. I was a 49 year old had been soccer mom when I found the miraculous Group Of Drunks that became my God on earth to show me the steps to a bette...
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Age 47
Jacqueline D. Morris
Sober sinceI grew up around alcohol, everyone around me drank, everyone partied, they partied for days leaving me with babysitters, anyone who’d babysit, until I myself was barely old enough to watch o...
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Age 36
John
Sober sinceI ended up a 100 pound homeless addict/alcoholic. I lost my dad to cancer and gave up on life. I started drinking and drugging after I decided to quit baseball and throw away a scholarship o...
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Age 36
Beau Nielson
Sober sinceIt was like having the flu. ? Alcohol was on my mind 24/7 even though I kept getting sicker and sicker. Watched my life crumbling before me even though I managed to get up and go to work eve...
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Age 42
Brandon
Sober sinceI spent the last 4 years of my thirties as a drunk. Missing kids events and family things. I was not a good father or husband.
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Age 58
Anthony
Sober sinceIt was terrifying. I was so sick and completely helpless. My brother managed to get me a bed in the detox ward of the hospital he worked in. Upon admission they had a difficult time deciding...
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Age 29
Krystle
Sober sinceWell I have struggled with addiction since I was 12 years old. I lost a lot by being obsessed with a drink then a drug. I was no longer trusted by friends or family, I was alone and hospital...
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Age 23
Lani
Sober sinceStruggled with a bad addiction to meth, using everyday and never eating or sleeping would leave me constantly strung out and depressed, I became hopeless and unable to function.
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Age 28
Amanda S
Sober sinceI relapsed after having 2.5 years sober and I can't begin to explain how miserable I was. Alcohol and drugs no longer numbed the pain that I felt. No matter how much I did, I couldn't make i...
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