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Age 28Since 12 / 12 / 2018
Shane Gunhammer
It was like I hit the lowest point of my life, and then forced myself to stay there. 21-26 years old was the darkest time of my life.
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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.
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Age 48Since 12 / 06 / 2010
Steve Swarner
Spent the better part of my 20s and 30s hitchhiking taking Jobs here and there but always coming back to Idaho and was constantly reminded by child support and visual markers why my heart ac...
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Age 40Since 12 / 05 / 2019
Heather
I considered myself a “normal drinker” up until about 13 years ago. 13 years ago I was 27 and going through a divorce with my high school sweetheart and father of our two children. I felt br...
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Age 54Since 12 / 20 / 2000
Ed Holtzman
A never ending cycle of hell. I ruined family relationships and damaged many people. I went to bed most nights praying not to wake in the morning
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Age 30Since 12 / 01 / 2019
Shane Sorsby
Drunk every weekend Hungover every Monday Anxiety and depression on Tuesday And the circle continues
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Age 40Since 12 / 03 / 2018
Kyle
It was Absolute Hell, I was on the very edge of losing everything including my sanity and almost my life. I started drinking at 14 and I really never stopped...Until now that is
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Age 27Since 12 / 30 / 2013
Nikita
Pain, lies, betreyal, fear, stealing and selfloathing. I hated my life, but didn’t have the tools to make it better. I kept losing everything I had. My son was taken, I got beatings on a dai...
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Age 56Since 12 / 01 / 1989
Kathy
I was a blackout drinker and cocaine addict and I couldn’t stop. I was full of shame and I wanted to die.
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Age 32Since 12 / 01 / 2018
Angela
Using alcohol daily was how I felt with my emotions. I felt awful, lost, miserable and like an empty shell.
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Age 52Since 12 / 02 / 2017
Kevin Bryant
Alcoholism for me is a dark hole that left me so lost and blind, selfish and evil. Some of the nastiest times of my life.
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Age 38Since 12 / 17 / 2003
Jenni Brockel
It was...hell. trying to hide my addiction in my teens from my family. Then ending up pregnant at 16. I managed to stay sober during my pregnancy and for a year after she was born. Moved out...
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Age 49Since 12 / 11 / 2007
Jess Williams
My kids hated me, I had lost my job, my house was in foreclosure and I was looking at prison. Most of all I just wanted to die.
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