Age 38Since 03 / 09 / 2011
Jewels L
I felt like I wanted to die but didn't want to die. People were always telling me what to do because I had no self control over my life. I knew what I wanted to achieve but never could get t...
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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 33Since 03 / 01 / 2013
Deanna Longhway
I was lost. Drinking, drugging, missing work (quit soon after relapse), promiscuous, lying, cheating... The good me was gone.
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Age 38Since 03 / 17 / 2016
Kim Mumford
Man, it was horrible I OD on 7-15 my heart stopped 5 times kept using. I was down to my lowest ever looking gray trouble with the law had sores all over me homeless at one point man no one w...
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Age 31Since 03 / 14 / 2016
Nicole
It was like pretending I have it all together. Truly believing I didn't need to stop drinking. It was exhausting. I fought with everyone and sabotaged relationships. I was insecure. The wors...
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Age 40Since 03 / 06 / 2015
Elizabeth
Words cannot describe what my addiction to alcohol was like. It put me into the category of "It won't happen to me".
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Age 22Since 03 / 19 / 2016
Jake
When I started drinking it was always to cover up my feelings of pain or fear. I drank or used over everything, I grew up going to meetings with my dad. I thought self knowledge of what an a...
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Age 66Since 03 / 29 / 2009
Cyñthia J Warren
I woke up in the hospital, unaware of what had happened.
Read storyAge 66Since 03 / 29 / 2009
Cyñthia J Warren
I woke up in the hospital, unaware of what had happened.
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Age 44Since 03 / 29 / 2013
Donna Feeney
At first it brought my confidence out and I loved been the life of the party until one drink wasn't enough.
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Age 34Since 03 / 17 / 2016
Dale Palmer Smith
Going through 2 rehabs back to back for a total of 98 days was by far the most painful & labor intensive event I have had to undergo. The first focused on the disease of alcoholism and addic...
Read storyAge 33Since 03 / 01 / 2013
Deanna Longhway
I was lost. Drinking, drugging, missing work (quit soon after relapse), promiscuous, lying, cheating... The good me was gone.
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Age 35Since 03 / 02 / 2009
Shawn Talaski
Pure hell. I hated myself, I hated my relationship, and I hated my life.
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