Age 39Since 05 / 25 / 2015
Alisha
After 6.5 years sober I thought that I could go out and socially drink. I believed that if I found out I was still an alcoholic that I would be able to walk back into the rooms and be okay....
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May Archives
Recovery stories from people whose sobriety date falls in May — real accounts shared to remind anyone still struggling that they are not alone.
Age 20Since 05 / 23 / 2017
Maggie
It was hell. I was always so out of it. I lost my whole family. I robbed everyone. I was always so paranoid. I was homeless. I had no love for myself or anyone else.
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Age 30Since 05 / 29 / 2012
Candice
Raised by an alcoholic Father and drug addicted Mom. After spiraling into my own alcoholism, I was introduced to opiates after a car accident. Those opiates led me to heroin, which pulled me...
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Age 34Since 05 / 04 / 2011
John (TattooTarzan)
I grew up in a household woth my mother & farher drinking heavy, taking pills and smoking weed,so as I was growing up I thought it was just the right thing to do, I never thought my addictio...
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Age 38Since 05 / 28 / 2016
Jessica
What was it like: My story is not special or unique. It's most probably very similar to others who have lived through the hell that is addiction. I started using substances when I was 15, to...
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Age 23Since 05 / 17 / 2017
Lani
Struggled with a bad addiction to meth, using everyday and never eating or sleeping would leave me constantly strung out and depressed, I became hopeless and unable to function.
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Age 29Since 05 / 01 / 2017
David Charles
Terrible. Spending any money I had on going to the bar and buying carryouts, and drinking on my own.
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Age 45Since 05 / 25 / 2014
Erik Borrell
I struggled with addiction to methamphetamine for 20 years. I was hooked from the first time I tried it. I wanted to quit many times but for some reason always ended up thinking I could use...
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Age 29Since 05 / 14 / 2011
Jacqueline
I had my first drink at age 11. I never really think anything of it because drinking alcohol is so commonplace in my family. I continued down the path of alcoholism into my twenties.
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