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Age 61
Bobby g
Sober sinceWoke up this morning and realized that today is my 17th year anniversary that I haven't had an alcohol beverage drink.. It could've been my 18th year.. But my first year I cheated myself and...
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January Archives
Recovery stories from people whose sobriety date falls in January — real accounts shared to remind anyone still struggling that they are not alone.
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Age 66
Vander Dale
Sober sinceMy bottom was living downtown on Skidrow homeless suffering from a crack cocaine addiction and alcoholism.
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Age 24
James Secules
Sober sinceI was in college (barely) and making ends meet by dealing drugs. I had stopped living the happy and free party life like most of my friends and started living along the dangerous path of doi...
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Age 36
Billy
Sober sinceI drank because I was depressed and I was depressed because I drank. This led down a dark path of questioning life and reasons for living. I have a wonderful wife and two kids and people wou...
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Age 64
Michelle Myers
Sober sinceThe Disco Drunk left the Party to realize Life is Life on its own real terms...
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Age 28
Gabi Deaton from Hopeshot_Moms
Sober sinceI was addicted to heroin at 16 years old. I woke up every day just to relive the same hell over & over. I was miserable, lost and alone. I had put drugs and alcohol before everyone and every...
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Age 25
Kyler Ashtyn
Sober sinceI remember being as young as six years old with the typical "addict" behavior that we all learn about in the rooms of AA. The story is often similar for all of us; we wanted to harm ourselve...
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Age 37
Robert
Sober sinceMy original sober date was March 25, 2012. I was sober for almost 6 years when I picked up again. For a year I was out there and it was extremely difficult being caught in the grips of addic...
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Age 25
Whitney Callison
Sober sinceMy drug addiction had left me feeling helpless. My family and friends distanced themselves from me, DFS got involved and I caught a posession charge. My life was spiraling fast!
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