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Age 60Since 10 / 28 / 1997
Jean Anderson
The 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 47Since 10 / 31 / 2010
Brock Sabo
As 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 32Since 10 / 15 / 2018
Derek
I 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 50Since 10 / 28 / 2019
Brent
Trapped in a prison of self with no hope nor faith in life ever becoming worthwhile. Homeless and alone.
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Age 53Since 10 / 20 / 2013
Perry
I 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 53Since 10 / 20 / 2013
Perry
I 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 29Since 10 / 21 / 2016
Jenny
I 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 29Since 10 / 27 / 2018
Thora Pepin
Complete & 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 32Since 10 / 07 / 2015
Jena
Life 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 36Since 10 / 21 / 2019
Marc
Alcohol 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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