Age 29
Krystle
Well I have struggled with addiction since I was 12 years old. I lost a lot by being obsessed with a drink then a drug. I was no longer trusted by friends or family, I was alone and hospital...
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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 23Since 05 / 17 / 2017
Lani
Struggled with a bad addiction to meth, using everyday and never eating or sleeping would leave me constantly strung out and depressed, I became hopeless and unable to function.
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Age 28Since 07 / 19 / 2016
Amanda S
I relapsed after having 2.5 years sober and I can't begin to explain how miserable I was. Alcohol and drugs no longer numbed the pain that I felt. No matter how much I did, I couldn't make i...
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Age 39Since 03 / 17 / 2016
David
Lonely, frustrating, empty. I was ready to leave...for good.
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Age 34Since 07 / 13 / 2009
Sabrina
Being a drunk and an addict before I got sober was, a lie. You think when you're using, you are at the top of the highest mountain and everything is beautiful.
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Age 29Since 05 / 01 / 2017
David Charles
Terrible. Spending any money I had on going to the bar and buying carryouts, and drinking on my own.
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Age 50Since 11 / 25 / 1984
David
It was like living in something beyond hell, the desperation, pain and constant desire to die was my journey at that time.
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Age 35
Marti Ann
It was never a thing to do for fun, it was to tolerate life and to deal with the pain and heart ache. It only got me further and further into the darkest place I have ever experienced. Somet...
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Age 33Since 10 / 16 / 2014
Vanessa Day
I was an absent mother and an unreliable wife. Everything I did, and everything I thought, revolved around alcohol. It was exhausting. Most people in my life avoided me at all costs, and rig...
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