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Age 60
Jean Anderson
Sober sinceThe hardest thing I’ve ever done, and hands down, the best thing I’ve ever done.
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October Archives
Recovery stories from people whose sobriety date falls in October — real accounts shared to remind anyone still struggling that they are not alone.
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Age 47
Brock Sabo
Sober sinceAs a life long drug and alcohol user, my days were always a hustle. I had to do what I could to survive and support my habit. The grim end was near as crack cocaine and alcohol consumed my l...
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Age 32
Derek
Sober sinceI was a hopeless heroin addict, and couldn't see a light at the end of the tunnel. I had pretty much made up my mind that I was going to die a junkie.
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Age 50
Brent
Sober sinceTrapped in a prison of self with no hope nor faith in life ever becoming worthwhile. Homeless and alone.
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Age 53
Perry
Sober sinceI would go to work in the morning, and on the way home stop and buy alcohol. I would drink until I passed out, and on the weekends start at Eight AM until I passed out.
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Age 53
Perry
Sober sinceI would go to work in the morning, and on the way home stop and buy alcohol. I would drink until I passed out, and on the weekends start at Eight AM until I passed out.
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Age 29
Jenny
Sober sinceI started experimenting in high school, but from the beginning it felt different. My friends were just having fun but I needed to get high. Most of my using years I was using pills but by th...
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Age 29
Thora Pepin
Sober sinceComplete & total chaos - from waking up in a jail cell with no recollection of why to waking up in a homeless man's sleeping bag I stole...
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Age 32
Jena
Sober sinceLife as an alcoholic was like life with my toxic best friend. We did everything together. We ruined my life together.
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Age 36
Marc
Sober sinceAlcohol is my obsession that recycled itself daily. It was an obsession that gradually gripped every aspect of my days, affecting it for the worse. It fueled my mental health issues and comp...
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