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Age 34
Aeron
Sober sinceIt felt like a self induced terror- I was a stay at home mom to a small baby, would drink at night with my husband and his friends, and then when he left for work the next day, I would conti...
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February Archives
Recovery stories from people whose sobriety date falls in February — real accounts shared to remind anyone still struggling that they are not alone.
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Age 30
Sahara
Sober sinceDeep in my addiction I was confused about life and what exactly I wanted out of it. I never thought about the consequences of my actions and I had many close encounters and experiences with...
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Age Oct 18
Tina
Sober sinceI was hopeless , lost and believed in nothing. Carry all my hurts habits and hang ups around knowing nothing else. In prisoned ,lost my kids ,broke, I was insane!
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Age 32
Tyler
Sober sinceIt was like groundhog day living in misery thinking in was the norm
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Age 34
Dorothy
Sober sinceI never knew when to quit even tho I knew keeping on living the way I was was keeping me furthur away from the life I needed to live. I lost everything and everyone close to me and kept on l...
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Age 36
Chris
Sober sinceDark. I choose to remember the dark days. There were some fun ones but those days make me romanticize the lifestyle if I think on them too much. The dark days were the ones that made me real...
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Age 50
Michele Bommarito
Sober sinceI was using any Opioid I could get my hands on , I used every penny we had to get what I needed , Lied to those who loved me and became a master manipulator
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Tracy Dietel
Sober sinceAlcohol had made my life become unmanageable. I struggled with alcohol for over a decade. I was to the point that I couldn't go on anymore the way I was living, but I couldn't stop drinking....
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Age 35
Mona
Sober sinceIt was like how I was living in the streets I was homeless hopeless didn't have anything
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Age 32
Paul
Sober sinceI was living minute to minute just for the next drink. Barely staying afloat.
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Age 39
Donna
Sober sinceWhat started out as partying with friends, quickly progressed to around the clock drinking alone in my room, afraid of my own shadow.
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Age 36
Whit
Sober sinceI was alone, miserable, and always having to apologize for things I did when I was drunk.
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