Age 39Since 06 / 19 / 2011
Lissa
Life was horrible. I layed in my bed in isolation for days at a time drinking my life away. My family didn't want anything to do with me, friends had given up. I had been fighting to get sob...
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June Archives
Recovery stories from people whose sobriety date falls in June — real accounts shared to remind anyone still struggling that they are not alone.
Age 35Since 06 / 04 / 2015
Jackie
I was lost hurting and turned to drinking to fill the void. Over six years I turned from drinking after work with friends to drinking in the morning before work, on lunch breaks and into all...
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Age 28Since 06 / 01 / 2013
Kara
I started drinking and using at a very young age. It was a way of life, drinking everyday to forget about life's stresses and the bad days. Drink to forget, use to get through the day. Every...
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Age 28Since 06 / 22 / 2016
Claire
Alcohol turned me into a person I didn't like, reckless and stupid; increasing my depression and anxiety. It clouded all my emotions but the day after I remembered the things I'd said and do...
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Age 44Since 06 / 06 / 2012
Juli Ghazi
What stands out the most to me about my journey is how much I normalized my drinking. With each phase, each decade, each monumental occasion, I never allowed the consequences to dominate my...
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Age 36Since 06 / 22 / 2013
Gretchen Archibald
It was like waking up from a long, bad dream.
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Age 55Since 06 / 08 / 2013
Michael
I was in active addiction for 15 years. After my first marriage fell apart, I met a wonderful woman. We got clean and sober together and remained that way until her death in 2012. I again fo...
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Age 65Since 06 / 26 / 2008
Ron
A never ending cycle of problems, trouble, lies and desperation.
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Age 54Since 06 / 23 / 2013
Ralf Friedrichs, ABOC
Life as a drunk was like living at the bottom of a bottle, always looking up and never finding a way out. That was up until June 22, 2013 when I looked up and saw light shining through the n...
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Age 33Since 06 / 18 / 2010
Mackenzie Anderson
It was hell. I came very close to losing everything I had, including my life. I lost my job, my relationships, my family, and almost lost custody of my daughter who was the most important th...
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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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