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Age 55Since 01 / 02 / 2020
Rob Bonstin
I drank every day. Not all day, most days I’d wait till 5pm or a bit later. But I would drink by myself, more often than not I’d be hungover the next day only to do it all over again. I’d tr...
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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 52Since 08 / 03 / 2002
Helen Ann Newlin
Its wonderful to have a good life clean sober, grateful and blessed.I put the 8/3/2020 because that is my 18yrs free of drugs and alcohol
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Age 41Since 01 / 09 / 2019
Anne E.
Living the life with an active addiction to meth was like living a life in hell. In a matter of what seemed like the blink of an eye, your entire life was falling apart. Jobless, no place to...
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Age 29Since 03 / 17 / 2019
Kayla
Hell. No control. Emotional breakdowns all the time. Couldn’t find work. Couldn’t live alone. Couldn’t live with anyone. Self destructive.
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Age 48Since 09 / 20 / 2010
Joe
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 39Since 01 / 22 / 2000
Dave Breslin
Jan 22,2000;Drunk since New Years,staring into a mirror at a younger,weaker,broken and empty version of myself,I had a feeling that I had to do something different.I haven’t drank since. A f...
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Age 61Since 01 / 19 / 2003
Bobby g
Woke up this morning and realized that today is my 17th year anniversary that I haven't had an alcohol beverage drink.. It could've been my 18th year.. But my first year I cheated myself and...
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Age 49Since 07 / 15 / 2019
Gregory Mann
Substance abuse almost destroyed my soul. I always felt empty and used drugs & alcohol to fill that void. The "Drug" industry made me feel important.
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Age 61Since 05 / 12 / 2000
Stephen
Life was hopeless. All I knew how to do was get, and stay wasted.
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Age 28Since 11 / 26 / 2016
Ethan Anderson
It was like a constant drag on my everyday life, from waking up almost every day being hungover, trying to remember when I quit drinking the night before and how I got home. It was punishmen...
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Age 31Since 05 / 16 / 2016
Jacob Jones
In a word, hopeless. I had no category in my mind as to what a life of sobriety would be like. Further than that, it was even more unimaginable to think of enjoying that life.
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