Age 20
Maggie
Sober sinceIt was hell. I was always so out of it. I lost my whole family. I robbed everyone. I was always so paranoid. I was homeless. I had no love for myself or anyone else.
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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 30
Candice
Sober sinceRaised by an alcoholic Father and drug addicted Mom. After spiraling into my own alcoholism, I was introduced to opiates after a car accident. Those opiates led me to heroin, which pulled me...
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Age 34
John (TattooTarzan)
Sober sinceI grew up in a household woth my mother & farher drinking heavy, taking pills and smoking weed,so as I was growing up I thought it was just the right thing to do, I never thought my addictio...
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Age 38
Jessica
Sober sinceWhat was it like: My story is not special or unique. It's most probably very similar to others who have lived through the hell that is addiction. I started using substances when I was 15, to...
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Age 23
Lani
Sober sinceStruggled with a bad addiction to meth, using everyday and never eating or sleeping would leave me constantly strung out and depressed, I became hopeless and unable to function.
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Age 29
David Charles
Sober sinceTerrible. Spending any money I had on going to the bar and buying carryouts, and drinking on my own.
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Age 45
Erik Borrell
Sober sinceI struggled with addiction to methamphetamine for 20 years. I was hooked from the first time I tried it. I wanted to quit many times but for some reason always ended up thinking I could use...
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Age 29
Jacqueline
Sober sinceI had my first drink at age 11. I never really think anything of it because drinking alcohol is so commonplace in my family. I continued down the path of alcoholism into my twenties.
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Age 50
Marty D
Sober sinceI did what a lot of us do and I drank until I wanted to kill myself and couldn't stand to look at myself in the mirror. I hit the jumping off point. I was unable to imagine life with alcohol...
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