Age 35Since 11 / 03 / 2011
Rachel
Lucky #7! It's amazing what alcohol and addiction can do to a person. The picture on the left in 2011 was a sad, hateful, dishonest, suicidal, lonely, confused, shameful, faithless, hopeless...
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November Archives
Recovery stories from people whose sobriety date falls in November — real accounts shared to remind anyone still struggling that they are not alone.
Age 44Since 11 / 07 / 2010
Andie Nugroho
I used to be an addict, I can't live without narcotic
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Age 28Since 11 / 06 / 2015
James Miller
Getting clean for the 4th or 5 time was the more painful than it had been every time before. More than 7 rehabs, 12 step recovery models and one alternative treatment, I had finally had enou...
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Age 47Since 11 / 30 / 2017
Jeff
I had tried for 30 years to get sober and make it stick. I went to my first meeting at the age of 16. When I was younger my drinking and drugging was chaotic and resulted in frequent stays i...
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Age 18Since 11 / 12 / 2017
Ashlee
At first I thought it was fun and I was just being a teenager. My addiction turned into this black hole. There was never a moment I wasn’t high or thinking about getting high.
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Age 43Since 11 / 21 / 2016
Angie @liftigweightsnotwine
I was sick of spending every weekend constantly feeling hungover, tired, no energy. Feeling like I was letting my children down because I couldn’t keep up with them. I was constantly yo yo d...
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Age 60Since 11 / 25 / 2008
Cyndi J.
Pathetic comes to mind, all washed up , many other below the belt phrases work too. Alcohol stole my integrity, my jobs, my family My life was out of control! Institutions, Jails and Death ,...
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Age 37Since 11 / 24 / 2015
Michelle
I used alcohol to deal with postpartum depression. I would drink after my kids were asleep. I’d drink until I passed out.
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Age 31Since 11 / 07 / 2017
Ralphy Suarez
For 7 years I had been using crystal meth. I was smoking it and intravenously injecting it. No one knew and I thought I was going to die using, and thought there was no way out. "I used to l...
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Age 28Since 11 / 28 / 2017
Sabrina
I was always miserable with myself even though I had many blessings. I hadn't enjoyed drinking for a long time as I only wallowed in misery and recounted sad stories when I was inebriated. M...
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Age 30Since 11 / 29 / 2017
Chad Anthony
My life was complete chaos. I was living just to use. I was selling drugs and flying by the seat of my pants
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Age 35Since 11 / 11 / 2016
Afton
It was awful. There are no other words for it. I wasn’t your average everyday drunk. I put my time in on the weekends. I had goals. To get so drunk, I wouldn’t have to remember.
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