Tracy Dietel
Sober sinceAlcohol 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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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 39
Tom miller
Sober sinceIt 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 44
Mark Langford
Sober sinceI 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 61
Leigh Anne
Sober sinceI 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 65
Glen J. Zivitski
Sober sinceRound 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 40
Lori Thaxton
Sober sinceIt was hell.I was a iv drug addict.. meth off and on for 18 years.
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Age 24
Madi
Sober sinceI 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 46
Patty
Sober sinceHell at first and some days are better than others. I am a addict but I am in recovery
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Age 49
Kat
Sober sinceMost of my life, I had been suffering from PTSD brought on by many abusive situations and events. I didn't realize how each one was like a bead on an Abacus: they kept sliding together until...
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