Age 31Since 07 / 18 / 2014
Kristina
My grandparents had passed away and I didn't know how to cope with that. At the same time I started hanging out with the wrong crowd and I was feeling vulnerable and didn't want to feel the...
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July Archives
Recovery stories from people whose sobriety date falls in July — real accounts shared to remind anyone still struggling that they are not alone.
Age 52Since 07 / 31 / 2014
Jan
I love seeing young people excited to recover. I was a 49 year old had been soccer mom when I found the miraculous Group Of Drunks that became my God on earth to show me the steps to a bette...
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Age 47Since 07 / 21 / 2005
Jacqueline D. Morris
I grew up around alcohol, everyone around me drank, everyone partied, they partied for days leaving me with babysitters, anyone who’d babysit, until I myself was barely old enough to watch o...
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Age 28Since 07 / 19 / 2016
Amanda S
I relapsed after having 2.5 years sober and I can't begin to explain how miserable I was. Alcohol and drugs no longer numbed the pain that I felt. No matter how much I did, I couldn't make i...
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Age 34Since 07 / 13 / 2009
Sabrina
Being a drunk and an addict before I got sober was, a lie. You think when you're using, you are at the top of the highest mountain and everything is beautiful.
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Age 61Since 07 / 17 / 1982
Duncan McClane
Drank and used drugs every day, every minute, every hour I could.
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Age 39Since 07 / 11 / 2016
Sarah A.
Chaos, suffering and self-destruction was my world. The party was over before it began, over and over. Everything I was a part of turned into a bad situation. I was always lonely, scared, su...
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Age 26Since 07 / 21 / 2015
Huggzy
Being an Adoptee, I grew up fine and was well-known for being jovial. My first drunk was at 18, and in recent years the only time I felt I was truly happy was when I was drunk. On the outsid...
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Age 25Since 07 / 02 / 2013
Darby Cox
One 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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Age 35Since 07 / 06 / 2008
Jennifer Canavan
It was a long and rough 14 years. I lost so many important people and made too many poor choices. It was a mix of blackouts and blurred memories filled with regret. I was what you call a fun...
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