Age 35Since 02 / 17 / 2012
Holly
It was a recurring bad dream that you never remember the next day. It was like drowning in an empty pool.
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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 55
Josephine Santa Fe
Clean and Sober for 29 Years! I wasn't the person God wanted me to be,
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Age 48Since 04 / 15 / 1997
Jim Sutterfield
I had lost almost everything and was living with a hole in my chest that the wind blew through at 100 mph. I was miserable and afraid to live... and afraid to die.
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Age 63Since 10 / 13 / 1987
Richard Jorgensen
Coming out of the darkness and kicking despairs butt.
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Age 53Since 07 / 05 / 1993
Jeff Wilson
Being sober and clean has saved my life! Going through the last 23 years sober is the greatest thing ever! ODAAT!
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Age 37Since 02 / 17 / 2011
Matt Kalmus
I was going through so much I wanted to feel numb. Opiates consumed me and my daily life to where it ran me. I couldn't function with out snorting 3-400 milligrams of OxyContin a day. I was...
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Age 44Since 06 / 06 / 2005
Chris
For about the last 5~6 years of my drinking addiction, I was a black out drinker. It was an extremely rare occasion when I would NOT drink until I blacked out. Thankfully, I had a group of f...
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Age 51Since 05 / 16 / 1996
Donna
My life was very unmanageable I lost my kids, jobs and family and friends due to my drinking.
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Age 32
Dan
Everyday I came to was like being a one-legged man in an a**-kicking contest --- lost, before I even began.
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Age 41Since 04 / 16 / 2012
Hyla Stanton
Being deep in my addiction was like being stuck in a maze with no exit. I was convinced that drugs helped me focus and that alcohol was my salvation.
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Age 55Since 03 / 17 / 2004
Janice
I was committed to a drug rehab by my family from the hospital where I was taken because of a drug overdose. I was transported in the back of a police car.
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