Kate
- Age
- 29
- Sober Since
- April 12, 2013
- Sober For
- 13 Years & 158 Days
01 What it was like
I got sober because I was desperate to live a functioning life. I was feeding my body with alcohol every weekend and doing it to the point I would blackout and have alcohol poisoning. I was tired of waking up with the room spinning so fast I would have to lay back down until I could open my eyes to a still room.
I got sober because I was desperate to live a functioning life.
02 What happened
I chose to get sober because i had two options..one die at a Young age from alcohol or two get sober and live the life the Lord intended me to have.
03 What it is like now
I wake Monday-friday and do what I LOVE as a career. I have my own business. I am making a difference in children's lives everyday. I teach the kids to be themselves and that they can be ANYTHING they set their minds to. These kids look up to me and I wouldn't have any of this without working the program and taking it one day at a time.
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