Age 63Since 06 / 25 / 2006
Andrew Ianniello
In the end it was a living hell. Convinced my family was better off without me, but, didn't have the guts to kill myself. Had no where else to go.
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Age 68Since 12 / 31 / 1999
Ron
Rock bottom kept lying to myself, then I heard about the 2 brown bag method. One bag has a mirror, the other a moist baby ruth candy bar in a zip lock bag. Everytime I got the urge to drink...
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Age 54Since 03 / 10 / 2017
Sharon
My life was consumed by alcohol, when I wasn’t during , I was thinking of drink. I was unhappy, confrontational, cheeky and very disconnected from life, but I didn’t know any of this at the...
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Age 70Since 10 / 31 / 2005
Deb Rudolph
It was great didn’t like being out of control anyways❤️
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Age 85Since 08 / 07 / 1983
Christopher W Hoyt
Because of drinking, by 1983 my life was totally unmanageable. I was divorced after a 24 year marriage in 1982; the rehab center I voluntarily entered in 1982 expelled me for violating their...
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Age 18Since 10 / 21 / 2023
Mariahna Camacho
It was terrifying and unbearable I never thought that is was possible to have a good life or to love myself, to accomplish anything that I put my mind to!!
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Age 35Since 03 / 06 / 2023
robert martino
i was a bender, for nearly 20yrs of my life i repeated the cycle. work, then play, play consisting of drinking as much as i could, only to then use cocaine to continue going long after i sho...
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Age 44Since 05 / 13 / 2016
Lisa
When it started it was fun, but when you start losing family and friends because all you wanna do is get high, it's not fun anymore
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Age 45Since 12 / 05 / 2006
Amber
I became addicted at age 15, and battled for 12 years with a meth addiction where I lost my childhood, I llost my kids and it nearly killed me
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Age 46Since 06 / 25 / 2016
Cindy merlino
Went from taking drugs to get up to taking drugs to sleep I wasn’t a functional addict I pretty much ran myself into the ground
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Age 36Since 01 / 27 / 2022
Richard Thompson
My life has been a challenging journey marked by an ongoing battle with addiction spanning over 18 years. My struggles began in high school, where drug and alcohol use became a means of esca...
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Age 47Since 01 / 05 / 2015
Cori Brennan Golanowski
It all controlled my life. I was self medicating child hood traumas, and wired in addictions since I found drinking as a teen, with out knowing it until I had a complete breakdown and learne...
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