Age 24
Mallorie
Sober sinceI couldn't get through my days without a drink. I only felt "normal" with booze in my system. Drinking was never "social" for me, it was how I coped with life.
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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 42
Wendy Sanchez
Sober sinceWas a living hell to get sober. I had the shakes, anxiety, and depression.
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Age 26
Huggzy
Sober sinceBeing an Adoptee, I grew up fine and was well-known for being jovial. My first drunk was at 18, and in recent years the only time I felt I was truly happy was when I was drunk. On the outsid...
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Age 26
Audrey J
Sober sinceI would go out and get so trashed and lit, that when I woke up I didn't know where I was and how I got there. I lost days at a time, sometimes.
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Age 62
Donna Horton Frommeyer
Sober sinceI was not respected or trusted by my family, friends or my self. I was totally unreliable, using drugs when I needed to be at my parents 25 wedding anniversary and other important events. I...
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Age 44
Kimberly Garcia
Sober sinceI woke up one day, after three decades of drinking, and decided, I am done. I went through terrible cold turkey alcohol detox, skin itching, chills.. but 7 days later I was over it, and over...
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Age 55
Michael
Sober sinceI was in active addiction for 15 years. After my first marriage fell apart, I met a wonderful woman. We got clean and sober together and remained that way until her death in 2012. I again fo...
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Age 36
John Richards
Sober sinceI was homeless. I had no family, no friends, no nothing but the clothes on my back. My life was completely unmanageable.
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Age 38
Crystal
Sober sinceI was living in complete misery, lying to people I loved about my addiction, I was losing my morals that I live by. Lost faith in myself, hit rock bottom it was something I couldn't have ima...
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Age 47
Travis
Sober sinceI was hopelessly addicted to meth. I was burning all my bridges. I did whatever it took to get and stay loaded.
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Age 35
Skip Jones
Sober sinceIt was no way to live. The liquor store was my dealer and I hated not being in control. I was a mean and angry person after I crossed the line into alcohol dependency. My relationships fell...
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