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Age 61Since 01 / 19 / 2003
Bobby g
Woke 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 66Since 01 / 15 / 1991
Vander Dale
My bottom was living downtown on Skidrow homeless suffering from a crack cocaine addiction and alcoholism.
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Age 24Since 01 / 14 / 2016
James Secules
I 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 36Since 01 / 28 / 2018
Billy
I 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 64Since 01 / 23 / 1988
Michelle Myers
The Disco Drunk left the Party to realize Life is Life on its own real terms...
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Age 35Since 01 / 17 / 2018
Sean hood
My addiction felt like I was trapped in hell with no way out.
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Age 28Since 01 / 13 / 2011
Gabi Deaton from Hopeshot_Moms
I 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 25Since 01 / 01 / 2018
Kyler Ashtyn
I 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 37Since 01 / 17 / 2019
Robert
My 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 25Since 01 / 31 / 2017
Whitney Callison
My 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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