Age 69Since 03 / 28 / 1994
Minnie
I drank when I was sad and I drank when I was happy LOL! Yep! I’m an alcoholic!
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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.
Since 02 / 28 / 2013
Tracy Dietel
Alcohol had made my life become unmanageable. I struggled with alcohol for over a decade. I was to the point that I couldn't go on anymore the way I was living, but I couldn't stop drinking....
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Age 39Since 01 / 07 / 2015
Tom miller
It was horrible. I had to constantly be using some kind of substance just to cope. It got to a point I was working for free because I'd snort my paycheck 5 days before I even got it. I lost...
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Age 44Since 05 / 01 / 2013
Mark Langford
I was given six months to live at one time life was hell I felt like there was no way out until I found recovery
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Age 61Since 04 / 10 / 2017
Leigh Anne
I was scared I was going to spiral into an alcoholic nightmare I’d never climb out of. I was sick of being sick and tired.
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Age 65Since 04 / 25 / 1982
Glen J. Zivitski
Round the clock drinking, isolation and loneliness like I never want to experience again. At night I would ask god to not let we wake up and curse him in the morning when I did.
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Age 40Since 03 / 20 / 2014
Lori Thaxton
It was hell.I was a iv drug addict.. meth off and on for 18 years.
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Age 24Since 01 / 28 / 2018
Madi
I was drinking daily, and couldn’t fathom a day without alcohol. Nothing mattered more to me than drinking, and I let so many opportunities pass because of my addiction. My life was going no...
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Age 46Since 05 / 29 / 2018
Patty
Hell at first and some days are better than others. I am a addict but I am in recovery
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