Age 31Since 12 / 11 / 2015
Shari
It sucked!! Never been to treatment.. used everything everyday for 15 years... at the end I knew it was to recover or die. I couldn't do that to my mom. I was dragged through hell and back.....
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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 50Since 01 / 20 / 2007
Leo Avila
Like most, (sober or not) life was full of ups and downs. Adding the drinking binges, job loss, hurt relationships and even some legal trouble into the mix made things unbearable at times. I...
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Age 21Since 08 / 19 / 2016
Jack
I was sleeping on floors with 20-30 other homeless men, women, and children. I was lying, stealing, and just ruining every single life on my destructive path. I was shooting no less than 2 g...
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Age 32Since 01 / 23 / 2014
Elva
It was like wanting to die every day. For about 12 years. I no longer had control. I lost everything, and I lost who I was and hated my life. I didn't know who I was, my core values out the...
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Age 28Since 01 / 21 / 2015
Lauren
I lost myself in the bottle. In less than one year, I went from graduating law school with honors, with the job, the boyfriend, the house... to losing it all. I drank from sun up to sun down...
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Age 40Since 03 / 06 / 2015
Elizabeth
Words cannot describe what my addiction to alcohol was like. It put me into the category of "It won't happen to me".
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Age 44Since 06 / 06 / 2012
Juli Ghazi
What stands out the most to me about my journey is how much I normalized my drinking. With each phase, each decade, each monumental occasion, I never allowed the consequences to dominate my...
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Age 35Since 11 / 22 / 2013
Brooke
My addiction to drugs and alcohol stole my life. I was a prisoner in my own world. For about 10 years I was in and out of jail with one prison trip. I lost everything. Lost my family and fri...
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Age 34
Mindy F.
My drinking started as a way to have fun, fit in. Feel less awkward. After my mom died when I was 22, alcohol became a way to cover up my feelings of grief and pain. I learned quickly that a...
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Age 51Since 02 / 19 / 1994
Michelle B.
I came from an abusive, angry, alcoholic family where I lived in fear constantly. I became an abusive, angry, alcoholic and drug addict trying to instill fear in everyone I met. I failed at...
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