Age 22
Colin H
Sober sinceI had a compulsive addiction behavior called sexual addiction. It was destroying my life both mentally and physically. It harmed my relationships and friendships with others. I was addicted...
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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 50
Karen
Sober sinceLife was miserable and dark. I hated myself and was spiralling out of control. Too many black-outs and not knowing what I did the night before. My husband and children were suffering due to...
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Age 18
Ashlee
Sober sinceAt first I thought it was fun and I was just being a teenager. My addiction turned into this black hole. There was never a moment I wasn’t high or thinking about getting high.
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Age 41
Peggy Riggs
Sober sinceIt was irrefutably the darkest days of my life. I was left broke, alone, confused, regrettably ashamed, saddened,damaged and most of all I felt like the scum of the earth underneath the ocea...
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Age 17
Andrew
Sober sinceHorrible I don’t want to be that person anymore I have 8 Months clean at 12am
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Age 34
Aaron Dominguez
Sober sinceI couldn't lie enough. I couldn't hide enough. I couldn't drink enough. I couldn't be angry enough. I couldn't manipulate enough. I couldn't hate myself enough.
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Age 42
Tommy
Sober sinceI started drinking at 15 and by 17 it was an every day thing. I took my first line of cocaine at 23 and never drank again without it. At 26 after losing my job on Wall Street I entered my fi...
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Age 30
Taylor Reichelt
Sober sinceAbsolutely horrible I woke up at 27 hopeless and strung out on heroin meth and crack cocaine.
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Age 53
Lynda
Sober sinceI was an opiate addict until 1/31/11 and allowed myself to drink more than I should afterwards...
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Age 45
Joe
Sober sinceFun at first. Then it went to pure hell. Couldn't hold a job, relationship, and became completely isolated. Consumed by craving, obsession, and hating myself for it all.
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