Recovery, in their own words
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
Tom
Sober sinceIt was like being alive, but not living! I just was depressed and unhappy.
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Age 46
Moira
Sober sinceI was a great Mom, career woman, sister, friend, and a compete lie. I was a functional alcoholic.
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Age 36
Steve G.
Sober sinceI had gotten to the point I could no longer drink the pain away,and looking myself in the mirror was a thing of the past
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Age 43
Michael
Sober sinceIsolation, desperation, oblivious to reality or true happiness. I caused pain and chaos. I became what I despised. I hated myself with good reason.
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Age 35
Lauren
Sober sinceSobriety, to me, is like a relationship. If you don't put in the work then the results will show that.
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Age 41
Angie
Sober sinceMiserable, self loathing, pit of despair that was fueled by a never ending desire to drink and use!!!
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Age 40
Juliette
Sober sinceBy 27yo i had lost almost everything including my own life to alcohol and drug addiction
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Age 24
Bailey Jo Heath
Sober sinceI was a heroin addict since age 17. Waking up every day with instant withdrawals, a slave to the substance. I thought there was no hope, & didn't plan on living past 21. None of my family wa...
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