Age 45Since 12 / 05 / 2006
Amber
I became addicted at age 15, and battled for 12 years with a meth addiction where I lost my childhood, I llost my kids and it nearly killed me
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December Archives
Recovery stories from people whose sobriety date falls in December — real accounts shared to remind anyone still struggling that they are not alone.
Featured story Age 68· Sober since 12 / 31 / 1999
Ron
Rock bottom kept lying to myself, then I heard about the 2 brown bag method. One bag has a mirror, the other a moist baby ruth candy bar in a zip lock bag. Everytime I got the urge to drink...
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Age 42Since 12 / 06 / 2020
Jamie Monahan
It was the worst 20 plus years of my life. I lost EVERYTHING and my life was about over. Drinking since I was 15 and doing cocaine since I was 20. I wanted to end my life.
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Age 65Since 12 / 16 / 2010
Colleen
Fun In Beginning!!! Couldn’t go a day without In the End!
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Age 58Since 12 / 09 / 1994
Kenneth Brown
Feeling broken, embarrassed, useless, tried so hard to get clean & sober on my own. I was a broken spirit, emotionally bankrupt.
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Age 44Since 12 / 28 / 2018
Jamie
I was broken, homeless, lost my kids who were thankfully in an amazing foster home, i had been to prison, got sober for a bit but always relapsed, i was a self sabotage master. I couldn't fu...
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Age 37Since 12 / 23 / 2013
Ed Latimore
Everything in my life centered around alcohol. I made all of my decisions based on whether there would be alcohol or if it would interfere with my ability to drink. I ruined friendships and...
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Age 39Since 12 / 29 / 2012
Stefan Bratt
Had no control of my life and lived a destructive downward spiral.
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Age 34Since 12 / 15 / 2016
Will
I couldn't stop drinking. Relapse after relapse! I was a horrible father, boyfriend,son, friend. I couldn't deal with life without drinking. My world revolves around it. From my career choic...
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Age 34Since 12 / 28 / 2019
Becky woodland - super_sober_mumma
Some say they hit a rock bottom, I felt I was at my rock bottom for many years just scrapping across the bottom back and fourth. In 2018 I entered rehab where my life changed, I finally felt...
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Age 60Since 12 / 03 / 1990
Michael
A maddening, half-hearted, lying, cheating, ugly mess. I lived by the skin of my teeth, and cared about no one but my own [worthless] self.
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