Thora Pepin
- Age
- 29
- Sober Since
- 10 / 27 / 2018
- Sober For
- 7 Years & 286 Days
01 What it was like
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...
Then I lived through a very dark chapter of life & alcohol and cocaine quickly became my best friends again.
02 What happened
I got sober for the first time almost 4 years ago now. I relapsed just shy of a year in. I wanted to be the exception to the rules. I wanted to be "normal" so I relapsed, relapsed HARD. Then I lived through a very dark chapter of life & alcohol and cocaine quickly became my best friends again. I got a DUI, went to outpatient treatment - kept drinking. It wasn't until I was finally starting to get "control" of my life and experience happiness again that a light-bulb went off in the form of a Disorderly Conduct arrest. I found out I was actually the problem - not my trauma, not my circumstances, ME! I was arrested that one last time and haven't looked back. It's amazing how you can transform your life once you hold yourself accountable.
03 What it is like now
Still chaos - but a much more beautiful chaos. I have energy. I feel ALIVE. I have feelings! Life is good and bad at the same time and I am grateful for all of it.
