Age 47Since 10 / 16 / 1998
Travis
I was hopelessly addicted to meth. I was burning all my bridges. I did whatever it took to get and stay loaded.
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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 35Since 01 / 01 / 2012
Skip Jones
It was no way to live. The liquor store was my dealer and I hated not being in control. I was a mean and angry person after I crossed the line into alcohol dependency. My relationships fell...
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Age 25Since 07 / 02 / 2013
Darby Cox
One long, self-absorbed pity party where nothing was my fault and everyone was out to get me. The "feeling" I remember the most is complete disconnect from the world around me. I didn't feel...
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Age 44Since 10 / 03 / 2007
Brandi Rivera
My life was hell prior to my sobriety. I ruined relationships. I ruined myself. All I cared about was finding my next hit and next drink.
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Age 34Since 09 / 09 / 2012
Kelly
I drank to cope, I drank to be "fun", I drank because it was a day ending in "y"... I blacked out more nights than I didn't and usually had no recollection of what I'd done or who I'd been w...
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Age 49
Laurie McGarvey
Every morning I woke up after not really sleeping anyway and heading for the vodka. I remember standing at my kitchen counter saying to myself how did this happen to me... I felt shame, guil...
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Age 33Since 03 / 01 / 2013
Deanna Longhway
I was lost. Drinking, drugging, missing work (quit soon after relapse), promiscuous, lying, cheating... The good me was gone.
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Age 45
Darryl L. Copeland
Every day was an anxiety fueled fog. I drank every single day as much as I could.
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Age 49Since 09 / 14 / 2014
Brenda Sturm
I battled with different addictions beginning at the age of 23. Drug of choice was Meth. My mother passed away in 2007, and in 2009, I lost my 35 year old brother from an accidental overdose...
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Age 65Since 06 / 26 / 2008
Ron
A never ending cycle of problems, trouble, lies and desperation.
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Age 52Since 04 / 28 / 2008
Barb
I felt either frantic or nothing. The stress and anxiety I had were self fulfilling. I drank to bury the stress and created more every time. I just wanted it to not hurt so bad all the time....
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