Age 30Since 02 / 06 / 2017
Benjamin
I'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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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 63Since 03 / 27 / 2017
Gordon
In 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 41Since 09 / 24 / 2012
Patricia Arreguin
Being 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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Age 24Since 06 / 02 / 2016
Meagan Marie
Misery!! Living day to day hour by hour minute by minute worrying how to get my next fix. Constantly worrying about how not to be sick in 6 hours.. it was the same shit different day.. over...
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Age 52Since 01 / 27 / 2016
Gypsy Ozee
I was living that Rock n' Roll life. I was a functioning drunk. Drank enough bourbon to float a battleship!
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Age 52Since 07 / 31 / 2014
Jan
I love seeing young people excited to recover. I was a 49 year old had been soccer mom when I found the miraculous Group Of Drunks that became my God on earth to show me the steps to a bette...
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Age 47Since 07 / 21 / 2005
Jacqueline D. Morris
I grew up around alcohol, everyone around me drank, everyone partied, they partied for days leaving me with babysitters, anyone who’d babysit, until I myself was barely old enough to watch o...
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Age 36Since 12 / 29 / 2014
John
I ended up a 100 pound homeless addict/alcoholic. I lost my dad to cancer and gave up on life. I started drinking and drugging after I decided to quit baseball and throw away a scholarship o...
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Age 36Since 12 / 03 / 2016
Beau Nielson
It was like having the flu. ? Alcohol was on my mind 24/7 even though I kept getting sicker and sicker. Watched my life crumbling before me even though I managed to get up and go to work eve...
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Age 42Since 04 / 26 / 2014
Brandon
I spent the last 4 years of my thirties as a drunk. Missing kids events and family things. I was not a good father or husband.
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Age 58
Anthony
It was terrifying. I was so sick and completely helpless. My brother managed to get me a bed in the detox ward of the hospital he worked in. Upon admission they had a difficult time deciding...
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