Recovery, in their own words

March Archives

Recovery stories from people whose sobriety date falls in March — real accounts shared to remind anyone still struggling that they are not alone.

Daniel J Aguilar 33 3 / 26 / 2019
Age 33

Daniel j aguilar

Sober since

At first drugs were a way for me to express my freedom i was a spinal chord patent who found freedom tru chemicals (opiates) i had a 950$ pill habbit i had a nice car a nice place to stay an...

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Monica Tucker 30 3 / 14 / 2014
Age 30

Monica Tucker

Sober since

Honestly, active addiction left me in constant misery and hopelessness. I wasn't able to function without using something to motivate me to get out of bed. It was like a vicious cycle that I...

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Mary 58 3 / 14 / 2012
Age 58

Mary

Sober since

Being an active alcoholic was a minute by minute living hell.

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Minnie 69 03 / 28 / 1994
Age 69

Minnie

Sober since

I drank when I was sad and I drank when I was happy LOL! Yep! I’m an alcoholic!

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Lori Thaxton 40 3 / 20 / 2014
Age 40

Lori Thaxton

Sober since

It was hell.I was a iv drug addict.. meth off and on for 18 years.

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Toni A. 53 3 / 7 / 1989
Age 53

Toni A

Sober since

At the young age of 23 I had reached a place of darkness with no hope. I knew there was something very wrong with the way I was living but was unable to stop poisoning myself every day. I wa...

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Jacob M 44 3 / 27 / 2012
Age 44

Jacob M

Sober since

I was introduce to alcohol and drugs at the age of ten. The older I got the more people I found doing the same destructive behaviors. Regardless of the reasons to do so I continued with near...

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Dona Speir 55 3 / 15 / 1987
Age 55

Dona Speir

Sober since

I was young, desperately seeking and looking for anything or anyone to fix me.

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Alexandra 34 3 / 3 / 2018
Age 34

Alexandra

Sober since

Wanting to die everyday. Hating who I'd become yet unable to change. Stealing my way to wellness, barely avoiding felony charges multiple times through the years.

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Shelly 59 2 / 29 / 1995
Age 23

Shelly

Sober since

I grew up in a house with an alcoholic mother who had severe mental illness. She had 5 documented personalities. As a child I suffered severe abuse from my mother and her personalities. My m...

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