Age 59Since 01 / 15 / 1986
Valerie H.
I was drinking a quart and a half of 150 proof and it was not working anymore. I also had an eating disorder. I binged and purged. I would purge till I bled and then switch to alcohol. Black...
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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 40Since 12 / 24 / 2013
Nathan Thomas
At the time there was a perception that nothing was wrong, nothing could go wrong, and this is what life was supposed to be like.
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Age 26Since 12 / 24 / 2010
Courtney
When I was getting high it was like living in a dream. A dream that I thought was perfect until about a year into being an addict and losing my grandfather who was like my dad to realize tha...
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Age 22Since 03 / 19 / 2016
Jake
When I started drinking it was always to cover up my feelings of pain or fear. I drank or used over everything, I grew up going to meetings with my dad. I thought self knowledge of what an a...
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Age 37Since 08 / 01 / 2013
Lynne
At first I thought it was fun, then it was fun with consequences, and then it just became a downward dark spiral of just consequences.
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Age 34Since 12 / 15 / 2014
Kelly
It was awful to wake up day after day, week after week. My addiction was getting worse, so was everything else in my life especially my health. The blackouts started at 19. Four alcohol-rela...
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Age 42Since 08 / 25 / 2009
Kara Roggow
I was always a shy kid, I was bullied a lot. I used to cut myself because I didn't know how to deal with it. I had memories of my pediatrician abusing me during check-ups. I started drinking...
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Age 51Since 04 / 09 / 2014
Tom
I wasn't happy. I binge drank a lot. My blood pressure was high.
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Age 50
Kathy Dean
It was a terrible decision to start using and damn near cost me everything including my freedom.
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Age 64
Karen
Cocky, arrogant, and all about me. When I got sober I picked up food and I remained cocky, arrogant, and all about me. When things bothered me sugar was my best friend.
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Age 42Since 04 / 29 / 2014
Don Foy
I was a daily user of meth I had no contact with my kids I was unemployable I spent most of my time in my bedroom getting high I sold to support my habit.
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