Age 33Since 03 / 26 / 2019
Daniel j aguilar
At first drugs were a way for me to express my freedom i was a spinal chord patent who found freedom tru chemicals (opiates) i had a 950$ pill habbit i had a nice car a nice place to stay an...
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March Archives
Recovery stories from people whose sobriety date falls in March — real accounts shared to remind anyone still struggling that they are not alone.
Age 30Since 03 / 14 / 2014
Monica Tucker
Honestly, active addiction left me in constant misery and hopelessness. I wasn't able to function without using something to motivate me to get out of bed. It was like a vicious cycle that I...
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Age 58Since 03 / 14 / 2012
Mary
Being an active alcoholic was a minute by minute living hell.
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Age 69Since 03 / 28 / 1994
Minnie
I drank when I was sad and I drank when I was happy LOL! Yep! I’m an alcoholic!
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Age 40Since 03 / 20 / 2014
Lori Thaxton
It was hell.I was a iv drug addict.. meth off and on for 18 years.
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Age 53Since 03 / 07 / 1989
Toni A
At the young age of 23 I had reached a place of darkness with no hope. I knew there was something very wrong with the way I was living but was unable to stop poisoning myself every day. I wa...
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Age 44Since 03 / 27 / 2012
Jacob M
I was introduce to alcohol and drugs at the age of ten. The older I got the more people I found doing the same destructive behaviors. Regardless of the reasons to do so I continued with near...
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Age 55Since 03 / 15 / 1987
Dona Speir
I was young, desperately seeking and looking for anything or anyone to fix me.
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Age 34Since 03 / 03 / 2018
Alexandra
Wanting to die everyday. Hating who I'd become yet unable to change. Stealing my way to wellness, barely avoiding felony charges multiple times through the years.
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Age 23Since 03 / 01 / 1995
Shelly
I grew up in a house with an alcoholic mother who had severe mental illness. She had 5 documented personalities. As a child I suffered severe abuse from my mother and her personalities. My m...
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