Age 50Since 09 / 17 / 2005
Karen
Life was miserable and dark. I hated myself and was spiralling out of control. Too many black-outs and not knowing what I did the night before. My husband and children were suffering due to...
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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.
Age 46Since 09 / 13 / 2015
Moira
I was a great Mom, career woman, sister, friend, and a compete lie. I was a functional alcoholic.
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Age 24Since 09 / 01 / 2016
Bailey Jo Heath
I was a heroin addict since age 17. Waking up every day with instant withdrawals, a slave to the substance. I thought there was no hope, & didn't plan on living past 21. None of my family wa...
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Age 37Since 09 / 19 / 2017
Christina
Addiction was like living in hell and doomed to repeat yourself everyday for the rest of your life, or even like a miserable filled Groundhog Day, doing the same things and expecting differe...
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Age 40Since 09 / 29 / 2013
Melissa
In college my alcoholic tendencies emerged. It didn't take much coercion to get me to go out any day of the week and always drank to excess, but it was college so it was fun. My problem drin...
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Age 37Since 09 / 09 / 2009
Courtney Friel
Check out Courtney's Story here: This News Reporter Meditates In A Studio Closet Between Delivering The News
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Age 61Since 09 / 05 / 2015
Coleen Young
Here I go again, trying to remember so I can let it all go. But where do I begin? Do I start from the now, or the past? A wise person once told me the only way we will heal, we first need to...
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Age 34Since 09 / 22 / 2008
Miri Roberts
My life before sobriety was basically the typical sick cycle of being drunk every single day, getting DUI's, feeling hungover everyday, pitiful incomprehensible demoralization, and dreaming...
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Age 29Since 09 / 08 / 2017
Scott Simpson
Hard at first, although I had done a year of sobriety before and I know what great things sobriety brings.
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Age 41Since 09 / 24 / 2012
Patricia Arreguin
Being addicted to meth... I was heartless, soulless I didn't care about anyone or anything myself included. I wanted to die so it could all be over with.
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