Age 31Since 06 / 08 / 2017
Kelly Scaramozzi
It was fun until the party stopped and I could not. Left alone to drink and smoke away my sorrows, led me into a deeper state of self medicating.
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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 57Since 07 / 05 / 2018
Lori
No life drinking and going to bars. Sick all the time. Doing stupid stuff.
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Age 37Since 09 / 19 / 2017
Christina
Addiction was like living in hell and doomed to repeat yourself everyday for the rest of your life, or even like a miserable filled Groundhog Day, doing the same things and expecting differe...
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Age 34Since 10 / 02 / 2013
Sarah
Felt spiritually dead, empty. I knew I could no longer drink if I wanted to live.
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Age 60Since 11 / 25 / 2008
Cyndi J.
Pathetic comes to mind, all washed up , many other below the belt phrases work too. Alcohol stole my integrity, my jobs, my family My life was out of control! Institutions, Jails and Death ,...
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Age 33Since 04 / 01 / 2015
Carli
Taking up to 25 to 30 pills a day. Spending every dollar I had on my addiction instead of on my little boy. Going through withdrawals on a daily basis and constantly drinking alcohol until I...
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Age 46
Joe
If you happened to visit hell, would you hang out and pitch a tent? On May 23, 2014 I was in a hotel in Peoria, IL resigned to the fact that I wasn't coming out. I had been there for 4 days...
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Age 56Since 06 / 22 / 2013
Ralf Friedrichs
Living an life that was not managed by me, Alcohol managed my life and it was out of control
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Age 26Since 06 / 24 / 2017
Nikita
I was a binge drinker on weekends, a social drinker, I couldn’t handle being in my own skin alone. I used at clubs and house parties most weekends too. I mostly woke up on weekends with so m...
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