Age 29Since 08 / 16 / 2017
Jock
I was a prisoner of substances in any and all forms. A slave to the lifestyle for nearly 15 years in search of anything to help me escape reality. Chasing any high that would make me feel an...
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August Archives
Recovery stories from people whose sobriety date falls in August — real accounts shared to remind anyone still struggling that they are not alone.
Age 37Since 08 / 26 / 2016
Angie
Pure hell!! No kind of life at all. Always worrying about the next fix and when I was going to go to jail.
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Age 53Since 08 / 02 / 2004
Bill
Living hell with my inner demons. I could not stop. I went to prison, mental hospital I just was insane being so powerless. I ruined relationships jobs and more importantly myself.
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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 37Since 08 / 01 / 2013
Lynne
At first I thought it was fun, then it was fun with consequences, and then it just became a downward dark spiral of just consequences.
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Age 42Since 08 / 25 / 2009
Kara Roggow
I was always a shy kid, I was bullied a lot. I used to cut myself because I didn't know how to deal with it. I had memories of my pediatrician abusing me during check-ups. I started drinking...
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Age 46Since 08 / 17 / 2008
Gilbet
When I wàs using I put everything to the side I hurt everyone around me. Nothing mattered to me but getting high and drunk.
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Age 46Since 08 / 29 / 2007
Emily Copps
It was bewildering, humiliating, paralyzing. It was ugly and painful and disgusting. It was ultimately too big a burden - the lying and cheating and stealing, eventually the sweating and vom...
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