Age 26Since 12 / 18 / 2017
Jodie Brown
I started drinking at a young age of 12,13 years old I knew I had a problem from the first time I drank because I was a blackout drunk, that didn't stop me from drinking soon booze wasn't en...
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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 37Since 11 / 24 / 2015
Michelle
I used alcohol to deal with postpartum depression. I would drink after my kids were asleep. I’d drink until I passed out.
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Age 39Since 04 / 21 / 2014
David Emenheiser
4 years ago from today I left my family and kids and decided I was gonna get so high my hope was that I wouldn't wake up and I would finally free all my loved ones from the chaos I had cause...
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Age 25Since 05 / 01 / 2018
Christopher Jackson
Deciding to choose a life of sobriety is one of the greatest decisions I will ever make. I am going on two months clean after relapsing, when going on 11 months clean. Its still hard, the de...
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Age 30Since 12 / 11 / 2015
Brandy Jouikov
I was a very heavy drinker- beer was my favorite and at my worst I was drinking 28-30 beers a day sometimes adding in wine, vodka, whatever else. As a mom I would start my day off with half...
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Age 29Since 06 / 06 / 2017
Hillary
I used alcohol to cope with anxiety and it quickly turned into something I relied on to get through almost everything.
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Age 33Since 04 / 28 / 2015
Stacey
I was raised to succeed in life. I was given every opportunity one could hope for! I grew up in private school and had a supportive present family. The disease of addiction doesn’t care how...
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Age 28Since 06 / 24 / 2010
Terin DeVoto Noonan
Nowhere to live, no job, no car, no real friends. Waking up shaking every morning until I consumed alcohol. Drunk from sun up to sun down, high on anything I could get my hands on. In and ou...
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Age 39Since 05 / 25 / 2015
Alisha
After 6.5 years sober I thought that I could go out and socially drink. I believed that if I found out I was still an alcoholic that I would be able to walk back into the rooms and be okay....
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Age 31Since 11 / 07 / 2017
Ralphy Suarez
For 7 years I had been using crystal meth. I was smoking it and intravenously injecting it. No one knew and I thought I was going to die using, and thought there was no way out. "I used to l...
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