Recovery, in their own words
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.
Age 31
Mikel
Sober sinceIt was like falling every day and not knowing I had to get up. Life was dark and passed by without me realizing it.
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Age 34
Dorothy
Sober sinceI never knew when to quit even tho I knew keeping on living the way I was was keeping me furthur away from the life I needed to live. I lost everything and everyone close to me and kept on l...
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Age 25
Ryan Primer
Sober sinceIt was hell..... I finally ended up in jail and I knew I couldn’t live like that.
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Age 52
Kevin Bryant
Sober sinceAlcoholism for me is a dark hole that left me so lost and blind, selfish and evil. Some of the nastiest times of my life.
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Age 20
Jade
Sober sinceit Was like being stuck at the bottom of a deep pool and every time you get close to the sweet taste of air, just to be ripped back to the bottom.
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Age 30
Amanda
Sober sinceMy addictions consumed everything in my life for over 15years. I was miserable. I thought i drank and used drugs because my reality was too painful but the truth was that my reality was so p...
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Age 64
Mark Wilson
Sober sincefrom 17 to 27 I didn't draw a clean or sober breath. I was in excruciating psychological fear and pain that I did not understand, that was with me from early childhood, that only alcohol and...
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Age 34
Art P
Sober sinceWaking up everyday with my sole mission to go get high. Sticking a needle in my arm was me walking closer to my death. Living in misery of hatred, fear, discontentment, lies, and it goes on.
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