Recovery, in their own words

April Archives

Recovery stories from people whose sobriety date falls in April — real accounts shared to remind anyone still struggling that they are not alone.

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Age 50

Tabatha

Sober since

I was drinking 24/7. I was a stay at home mom and would have 3 screwdrivers before I even took my kids to school in the morning. Then spend the rest of my day drinking. Passing out, waking u...

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Age 37

Kentria

Sober since

It was scary. I constantly asked myself "how did I get to this point?" It was as if I were loosing control... I would go days drinking, until my body got tired amd couldn't take anymore.

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Age 31

Arnold

Sober since

I was sleeping in my car behind the Salvation Army with a stack of amphetamines a modelo negro and a quarter blunt Having nightmares every single night. Isolated from society and the feeling...

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Age 44

Desiree Carrasco

Sober since

For me Rock bottom was a life without my children and a life on the run. Everywhere I looked I saw anger, depression, insanity and fear. I was tired of looking in the mirror.

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Age 23

Michael F

Sober since

I started drinking as an alcoholic when I was 16. Drinking whiskey and coke became the normal when I came home from school. My disease was extremely progressive. By the time I was 19, I was...

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Age 28

Robin

Sober since

I was addicted to crack the progressed to meth I got arrested, went to jail for 10 months got out and relapsed.

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Age 47

Koly McBride

Sober since

I was a binge drinker and user from age 19 on. I could clean up for a few months, pull the shards of my life back together, then crash! It would all come smashing down again, with me off on...

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Age 35

Andrew Addington-Strapp

Sober since

Hopelessness was a constant, always avoiding the reality of my life and coping with drugs and alcohol. Lived in self-pity and loathing

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Age 29

Kate

Sober since

I got sober because I was desperate to live a functioning life. I was feeding my body with alcohol every weekend and doing it to the point I would blackout and have alcohol poisoning. I was...

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