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.

Dawn Sears 53 11 / 21 / 2015
Age 53

Dawn Sears

Sober since

I am my own worst enemy. I am not most of the time now. We do recover!

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Karen Dalton 49 2 / 19 / 2012
Age 49

Karen Dalton

Sober since

I spent 20 years lost in the throes of alcoholism. Full of fear and void of hope, I was sure I would die before I would get sober. I wrote letters to my children for them to read after my pa...

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Laura Grasser 35 1 / 12 / 2002
Age 35

Laura Grasser

Sober since

I was in a cloudy daze. I didn't have any control of younger version of "my so called life". I didn't think I would live past 30 years of age.

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Ashley 28 10 / 9 / 2014
Age 28

Ashley

Sober since

Dark. Scary. Lonesome. Death was looming. King Alcohol was destroying me from the inside out. I was dying!

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Laura 27 11 / 17 / 2014
Age 27

Laura

Sober since

When I was out there, I hurt the people closest to me. I had no self worth and did not care what happened to me.

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Zonya 40 12 / 23 / 2013
Age 40

Zonya

Sober since

I was full of self hatred. I felt like a burden, I was so hopeless, but something inside me refused to give up.

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Kari 51 7 / 11 / 2010
Age 51

Kari

Sober since

I was a meth addict for 14 years and got clean in 2000. Shortly after my daughter was born in 2004, I started drinking occasionally. I thought it was ok since alcohol wasn't my DOC. Within 5...

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