Age 60
Brenda Mattson
Sober sinceExcruciating. I did damage to every relationship I had. I would sit on the toilet every morning, for the better part of four years wondering how my life had become that. It hurt, but I could...
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July Archives
Recovery stories from people whose sobriety date falls in July — real accounts shared to remind anyone still struggling that they are not alone.
Featured story Age 72
Jay Birks
Sober sinceI drank and used when I didn’t want to. I sunk below my values quicker than I could lower them.
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Age 41
Justin Hobson
Sober sinceI spent over two decades caught in the chaos of addiction. Heroin and meth stole everything from me — my family, my identity, my health, and my future. I was in and out of jail, homeless in...
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Age 56
Rita
Sober sinceI lost myself thinking that life was all about partying. We grew up in alcoholic homes so we thought it was normal.
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Age 76
Kathy Roberts
Sober sinceNothing really bad happened. I didn't get a DUI. I didn't go to jail. I didn't lose anyone I loved. I was just DYING.
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Age 26
Darren C
Sober sinceIn 2013, I lost my older brother to a fatal overdose from fentanyl-laced MDMA. That sent me into an 8-year spiral which lead me to a problematic relationship with alcohol. I was in a dark pl...
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Age 38
Alex starblanket
Sober sinceMy experience as an alcoholic was just like any other addict. I lost all my jobs I was accepted in, I couldn't continue school, I lost my self-asteam to look after myself, I binged drank for...
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Age 47
Barbara
Sober sinceAddiction is slavery. •Darkness to Light •Death to Life •Misery to messenger Mostly, the pictures speak for themselves. These coming from a long line-up of many, attached to and associ...
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Age 43
Nate Awad
Sober sinceI was drowning in whiskey and cocaine, in and out of jail, lost my house, my truck, broken family and was living out of my car.. I was either gonna wind up in prison or kill myself!
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Age 25
Melanie
Sober sinceMy name’s Mel and I’m a 25 year-old recovering alcoholic. About a year and a half ago I was sitting in a bathtub on my third bottle of wine deliberating if I should kill myself. I knew the d...
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Age 32
Anne brason
Sober sinceI gave up drinking in June 2018 for 18 months. Unfortunately I had a slight blip in jan after a friend committed suicide. However I’m back sober again and won’t be looking back. I was much h...
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Age 64
Duncan McClane
Sober sinceLived in a garage dealing with depression and using an drinking everyday after growing up in a home were I swore I’d never drink like my dad- getting arrested and not taking care of my healt...
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