Age 41
Steve Matthews
Sober sinceI couldn’t look at myself in the mirror because, I hated the person I saw. Every day became a question of living or killing myself.
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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.
Age 38
Valerie
Sober sinceI was in a dark place since I was a kid. When I discovered drugs and alcohol, it was bearable to live with me.
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Age 28
Gabi Deaton from Hopeshot_Moms
Sober sinceI was addicted to heroin at 16 years old. I woke up every day just to relive the same hell over & over. I was miserable, lost and alone. I had put drugs and alcohol before everyone and every...
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Age 48
Heather
Sober sinceHell. It was hell. My body physically demanded alcohol to function. The shakes, the bile, the hopelessness upon my shoulders.
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Age 25
Kyler Ashtyn
Sober sinceI remember being as young as six years old with the typical "addict" behavior that we all learn about in the rooms of AA. The story is often similar for all of us; we wanted to harm ourselve...
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Age 48
Andrew
Sober sinceHorrific, terrible, couldn’t face life with alcohol and without it. Made mine and everyone around me lives unmanageable
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Age 34
Andrew Robbins
Sober sinceLiving in addiction was PURE Hell! I wanted to get clean but didnt want to do the work that came with it! It took multiple trips to jail, rehabs and detox centers before I finally was ready...
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Age 26
Tk Beljanski
Sober sinceMy dad was an IV heroin user, I saw what it did to him and I had seen many people go through withdrawal by a young age. All that considered I was strangely naive about opiates. I became an I...
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Age 47
Chris
Sober sinceI was boy in a mans body. Unable to make mature decisions on my own!
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Age 28
Mandy Kiebler
Sober sinceAlcohol provided me with an escape. I didn't have to feel any of life's disappointments. I didn't have to feel the hurt or the pain of my experiences. I could just numb & run. Alcohol allowe...
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Age 56
Roger Gregory
Sober sinceA sick cycle carousel of anything I could get my hands on.... misery at its finest with no light at the end of the tunnel
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