Age 41Since 05 / 26 / 2007
Steve Matthews
I 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 38Since 09 / 01 / 2018
Valerie
I 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 28Since 01 / 13 / 2011
Gabi Deaton from Hopeshot_Moms
I 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 48Since 03 / 23 / 2016
Heather
Hell. It was hell. My body physically demanded alcohol to function. The shakes, the bile, the hopelessness upon my shoulders.
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Age 30Since 05 / 01 / 2019
Sam
In a very short period of time it took major control of my life.
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Age 25Since 01 / 01 / 2018
Kyler Ashtyn
I 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 48Since 09 / 15 / 2011
Andrew
Horrific, terrible, couldn’t face life with alcohol and without it. Made mine and everyone around me lives unmanageable
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Age 34Since 09 / 11 / 2012
Andrew Robbins
Living 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 26Since 10 / 27 / 2016
Tk Beljanski
My 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 47Since 05 / 05 / 2004
Chris
I was boy in a mans body. Unable to make mature decisions on my own!
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Age 28Since 08 / 12 / 2015
Mandy Kiebler
Alcohol 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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