Recovery stories from people whose sobriety date falls in January — real accounts shared to remind anyone still struggling that they are not alone.
Featured story My life has been a challenging journey marked by an ongoing battle with addiction spanning over 18 years. My struggles began in high school, where drug and alcohol use became a means of esca...
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It all controlled my life. I was self medicating child hood traumas, and wired in addictions since I found drinking as a teen, with out knowing it until I had a complete breakdown and learne...
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It was horrible. Failed pray to brown sugar during college days. Reached the bottom rapidly. Hampered each & every area of my life. It all started with marijuana, alcohol, codein, pills, bro...
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I was in a death spiral that was destroying everything in my life and path.
Read storyModerately drank most of my life. Lost my only daughter and best friend June 2021 to suicide . My soul was Shattered . I drank to numb the pain and just escape the reality of what happened a...
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I had major depression and I didn't want to face reality. My alcoholism was spiraling out of control. I didn't care what happened to me.
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It was like being on a never ending merry go round, & the longer I was on it the more I was forgetting myself, losing myself & not really even living life anymore.
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I was depressed, had anxiety and struggling in every way possible. I would drink to have energy, to be happy then end up crying. I would lay on the bathroom floor begging for death. Alcohol...
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I couldn’t live life on Life’s terms, was miserable and blamed everyone else.
Read storyI was drinking to manage my mood, using drugs to help me focus and when it got too much I would blackout to shut myself down. I was living my own worst nightmare!
Read storyI was living a double life. Ellen the welcoming, put together professional and Ellen the violent, angry, black out drinker. I put on a show for everyone, but deep inside, I loathed myself fo...
Read storyI held down a job (barely) but was literally constantly hungover and puking at work. It got to the point that every waking moment I want at work i was chugging beers and shots. I'd wake up o...
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