Age 38
Jewels L
Sober sinceI felt like I wanted to die but didn't want to die. People were always telling me what to do because I had no self control over my life. I knew what I wanted to achieve but never could get t...
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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.
Age 33
Deanna Longhway
Sober sinceI was lost. Drinking, drugging, missing work (quit soon after relapse), promiscuous, lying, cheating... The good me was gone.
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Age 38
Kim Mumford
Sober sinceMan, it was horrible I OD on 7-15 my heart stopped 5 times kept using. I was down to my lowest ever looking gray trouble with the law had sores all over me homeless at one point man no one w...
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Age 31
Nicole
Sober sinceIt was like pretending I have it all together. Truly believing I didn't need to stop drinking. It was exhausting. I fought with everyone and sabotaged relationships. I was insecure. The wors...
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Age 40
Elizabeth
Sober sinceWords cannot describe what my addiction to alcohol was like. It put me into the category of "It won't happen to me".
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Age 22
Jake
Sober sinceWhen I started drinking it was always to cover up my feelings of pain or fear. I drank or used over everything, I grew up going to meetings with my dad. I thought self knowledge of what an a...
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Age 66
Cyñthia J Warren
Sober sinceI woke up in the hospital, unaware of what had happened.
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Cyñthia J Warren
Sober sinceI woke up in the hospital, unaware of what had happened.
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Age 44
Donna Feeney
Sober sinceAt first it brought my confidence out and I loved been the life of the party until one drink wasn't enough.
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Age 34
Dale Palmer Smith
Sober sinceGoing through 2 rehabs back to back for a total of 98 days was by far the most painful & labor intensive event I have had to undergo. The first focused on the disease of alcoholism and addic...
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Deanna Longhway
Sober sinceI was lost. Drinking, drugging, missing work (quit soon after relapse), promiscuous, lying, cheating... The good me was gone.
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Age 35
Shawn Talaski
Sober sincePure hell. I hated myself, I hated my relationship, and I hated my life.
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