Recovery, in their own words
May Archives
Recovery stories from people whose sobriety date falls in May — real accounts shared to remind anyone still struggling that they are not alone.
Age 38
Becca N
Sober sinceAs an awkward teenager growing up, I was always the one left out. I had very few friends, and didn't have any friendships that lasted more than five years. I did whatever it took to fit in...
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Age 20
Sariah
Sober sinceI had been using anything I could get my hands on from cocaine, methaphaine, mdma, you name it - it all stares when I was just 15. Life was very rough and I reached a point of not caring any...
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Age 58
Roy Demauro
Sober sinceDrinking and drugs almost killed me many times and I couldn't stop.
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Age 60
Roy Jennings
Sober sinceMy drunk a lot goes back 42 years from the day I was born May 20, 1958 until present time . What it was like being a slave of king alcohol I was A liar a cheat and a thief and character assa...
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Age 36
Steve G.
Sober sinceI had gotten to the point I could no longer drink the pain away,and looking myself in the mirror was a thing of the past
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Age 37
Mindy Edwards
Sober sinceIt was very scary and only and depressing and I felt so hopeless I just wanted to die I hated myself
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Age 25
Christopher Jackson
Sober sinceDeciding to choose a life of sobriety is one of the greatest decisions I will ever make. I am going on two months clean after relapsing, when going on 11 months clean. Its still hard, the de...
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Age 39
Alisha
Sober sinceAfter 6.5 years sober I thought that I could go out and socially drink. I believed that if I found out I was still an alcoholic that I would be able to walk back into the rooms and be okay....
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