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 31Since 10 / 20 / 2015
Mikel
It 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 34Since 02 / 22 / 2014
Dorothy
I 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 25Since 05 / 03 / 2019
Ryan Primer
It was hell..... I finally ended up in jail and I knew I couldn’t live like that.
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Age 52Since 12 / 02 / 2017
Kevin Bryant
Alcoholism 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 20Since 08 / 31 / 2018
Jade
it 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 30Since 11 / 13 / 2018
Amanda
My 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 64Since 11 / 02 / 1981
Mark Wilson
from 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 34Since 10 / 03 / 2011
Art P
Waking 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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