Age 49Since 12 / 15 / 2017
Kat
Most 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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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 22Since 09 / 16 / 2017
Justin Kennedy
It was like living in an endless cycle of hell. It only revolved around getting high, trying to quit, and failing. In that cycle I lost myself, my mind, everyone and everything around me.
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Age 48Since 09 / 12 / 2014
Allison
I was drinking everyday and smoking weed to not feel. I was physically and emotionally unavailable to everyone in my life. I was unemployed and unemployable. Suicidal. And too cowardly to do...
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Age 54Since 04 / 08 / 1994
Genice
Truth be told, it was fun in the beginning. That "I can conquer anything'' feeling, I was awesome at my job, socializing, getting out of the house.... having fun. Then it became SCARY! I was...
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Age 35Since 12 / 10 / 2018
Jen
A living hell....I was losing everything that I worked so hard for in my life. The people, the places, the things....everyone was tired of trying to save me so I had to save myself!
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Age 53Since 07 / 01 / 2010
Kyle
Like the scene in Wizard of Oz when it transitions from black & white to color.
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Age 37Since 09 / 01 / 2018
Valerie Zepeda
Alcohol began to take a toll on my self esteem, my confidence and was hurting my soul. I was waking up from blackouts completely in the dark about the previous nights events.
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Age 45Since 12 / 15 / 2017
Christian Roy
I was in a constant self-sabotage mode. In short, I was consciously destroying myself. Too much pressure that I imposed on myself, I could not manage my emotions normally anymore. I had beco...
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Age 53Since 03 / 07 / 1989
Toni A
At the young age of 23 I had reached a place of darkness with no hope. I knew there was something very wrong with the way I was living but was unable to stop poisoning myself every day. I wa...
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Age 60
John Ross
I nearly drank myself to death. I did the prison thing many times. I just didn't know how to stop.
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Age 34Since 11 / 18 / 2013
Sheena
Drinking was my life. I craved the next drink from the moment I woke up until the moment I went to sleep. My son came second and myself came last!
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