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Age 62Since 09 / 15 / 2006
Maxine
Omg! It’s the best thing I’ve done in my life, I had no life before sobriety , every minute of everyday was wondering where my next drink was coming from, I was rarely seen without a bottle...
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Sober Stories
Real people, real recovery. Honest accounts of what it was like, what happened, and what life looks like now — shared to remind anyone still struggling that they are not alone.
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Age 32Since 09 / 25 / 2020
Hecht Amar
I was drunk everyday, depressed, vomits, loneliness... Feeling my life as a destruction, pain, and nothing more.
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Age 48Since 12 / 06 / 2010
Steve Swarner
Spent the better part of my 20s and 30s hitchhiking taking Jobs here and there but always coming back to Idaho and was constantly reminded by child support and visual markers why my heart ac...
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Age 47Since 09 / 20 / 2010
Joseph Rowe
My name is Joe and I am an alcoholic and addict. I had my first drink at 15. I had the dream childhood. Two great parents and a great sister. A nice house in a good neighborhood. A big lawn...
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Age 37Since 05 / 06 / 2017
Chelsey Glenn
What started out as a small town past time on weekends, followed me to the bigger cities. I moved from Illinois to Texas during my college years and drinking had only been a weekend ritual....
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Age 33Since 01 / 06 / 2013
Jessica Newman
I held down a job (barely) but was literally constantly hungover and puking at work. It got to the point that every waking moment I want at work i was chugging beers and shots. I'd wake up o...
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Age 45Since 08 / 08 / 2011
Brandon Uribe
I did whatever it took to get loaded, no matter how bad it made me feel in the process of getting there...
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Age 27Since 03 / 06 / 2015
Ashley
I was drinking morning noon and night it was bad for me i didn't care about my life at all i got help went to rehab for 7 months i got out stay sober for month then i went back into drinking...
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Age 35Since 09 / 09 / 2019
Nick
"The alcoholic is like a tornado roaring his way through the lives of others. Hearts are broken. Sweet relationships are dead. Affections have been uprooted. Selfish and inconsiderate habits...
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Age 26Since 02 / 03 / 2020
Zoe Eubank
It was horrible... The isolation, loneliness and the homelessness. I missed my family, friends, and most of all my daughter!
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Age 32Since 09 / 10 / 2018
Shawn Sunstrom
My name is Shawn and I am a recovering meth addict.
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