Recovery, in their own words
September Archives
Recovery stories from people whose sobriety date falls in September — real accounts shared to remind anyone still struggling that they are not alone.
Featured story Age 39
Cat
Sober sinceHell but at the time it’s all I knew.
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Age 32
Hecht Amar
Sober sinceI was drunk everyday, depressed, vomits, loneliness... Feeling my life as a destruction, pain, and nothing more.
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Age 44
Terry
Sober sinceFrom the highs of schoolyard spliffs, post-football pints, and weekend ecstasy sessions, I ended up a desperate, hope-to-die street junkie, stealing petty groceries or begging for spare chan...
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Age 32
Kelly
Sober sinceActive addiction, well, by far the worst pain you can endure. 12 years of it. For me, it started out as being close with doctors and the big pharma. I have Crohns so it started with a little...
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Age 53
Bob C.
Sober sinceIt was a creepy crazy life, I lived every day hunting for drugs and alcohol, screwing everyone over on the way through life. Burning bridges that were rebuilt over and over.
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Age 36
Jeff Pomietlarz
Sober sinceOver the last two years my life has totally turned around. I can look in the mirror and enjoy what I see
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Age 27
Ryen
Sober sinceDrinking typically an 18 rack a day, maybe on the weekends I'd shake it up a bit with a 4 pack a double IPAs and a 30 rack, bottle of bacardi 100 proof and a bag of dandy would fall into the...
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Age 27
Glynis Hodgkinson
Sober sinceIt was dark, lonely, and painful. I felt like I was the only person who was going through it. I found myself sick, malnourished, and in and out of jails and institutions. There were no limit...
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Age 47
Rob Van Pelt
Sober sinceDiscovered alcohol as a tool to cope at 10 years old. By the time I was 18, I was homeless, living out of my car, on an all liquid diet of cheap wine easily purchased by anyone with a pulse...
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