Age 25
Darby Cox
Sober sinceOne long, self-absorbed pity party where nothing was my fault and everyone was out to get me. The "feeling" I remember the most is complete disconnect from the world around me. I didn't feel...
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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 44
Brandi Rivera
Sober sinceMy life was hell prior to my sobriety. I ruined relationships. I ruined myself. All I cared about was finding my next hit and next drink.
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Kelly
Sober sinceI drank to cope, I drank to be "fun", I drank because it was a day ending in "y"... I blacked out more nights than I didn't and usually had no recollection of what I'd done or who I'd been w...
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Age 33
Deanna Longhway
Sober sinceI was lost. Drinking, drugging, missing work (quit soon after relapse), promiscuous, lying, cheating... The good me was gone.
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Age 45
Darryl L. Copeland
Sober sinceEvery day was an anxiety fueled fog. I drank every single day as much as I could.
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Age 49
Brenda Sturm
Sober sinceI battled with different addictions beginning at the age of 23. Drug of choice was Meth. My mother passed away in 2007, and in 2009, I lost my 35 year old brother from an accidental overdose...
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Age 52
Barb
Sober sinceI felt either frantic or nothing. The stress and anxiety I had were self fulfilling. I drank to bury the stress and created more every time. I just wanted it to not hurt so bad all the time....
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Age 46
Kelly
Sober sinceIt was lonely, with temporary happiness and a world full of shame, insecure about myself and what others thought of me, and grief. Uncertainty surrounding me all the time.
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Age 37
Stephanie Lynn
Sober sinceI have lived in active addiction since I was 19 years old. I spent 18 years struggling to break free. It started out with a simple ear infection. I went to the emergency room in the middle o...
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Age 42
Katie Lang
Sober sinceAlcohol gave me a very euphoric feeling but I'd always crash into a deep dark depression and self-loathing afterwards. It got to the point where I'd black out every time I drank and that was...
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