Age 35
Mary
Sober sinceIt was easy for me to be honest. When you want something bad enough you will just reach out and grab it.
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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 35
Brooke Bond
Sober sinceLife was trying to survive day by day, trying to stay high or drunk to get through the day. Full of depression and anger. Loneliness from a loss of family and friends. Life was meaningless a...
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Age 37
Jennifer Ferrante Glenn
Sober sinceMy life was a total mess. I had abandoned two of my kids to their father, I weighed 84 lbs at my smallest, I was in an extremely violent relationship the went both ways. I was an IV user of...
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Age 46
Elizabeth McCormack
Sober sinceI started drinking in my 20"s, I went from drinking to using hard drugs. 8 years I continued to use and drink because I was angry and felt lost. I felt I had to escape from the hurt, fear an...
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Age 43
Jason Abner
Sober sinceEndless cycle of misery, isolation, and chaos, my addiction took me places I never ID go, and kept me longer than I wanted to stay
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Age 55
Janet McIntosh
Sober sinceMy life was stressful from the beginning. I'm from a loving 2 parent AA family household from the south of Mississippi. I was raised in Chicago with 4 other siblings one of which committed s...
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Age 30
Benjamin
Sober sinceI'll never forget waking up, which was an unexpected occurance as some friends did not expect me to wake up the next morning, and not just thinking, but knowing the party was over. It was th...
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Age 63
Gordon
Sober sinceIn a nutshell, I pretty much drank all of my adult life. When I lost my hearing about 7 years ago, I began working from home and consuming large amounts of bourbon on a daily basis. My drink...
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Age 41
Patricia Arreguin
Sober sinceBeing addicted to meth... I was heartless, soulless I didn't care about anyone or anything myself included. I wanted to die so it could all be over with.
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