Recovery, in their own words

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.

Patty 46 5 / 29 / 2018
Age 46Since 05 / 29 / 2018

Patty

Hell at first and some days are better than others. I am a addict but I am in recovery

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Becca N 38 05 / 23 / 2015
Age 38Since 05 / 23 / 2015

Becca N

As an awkward teenager growing up, I was always the one left out.  I had very few friends, and didn't have any friendships that lasted more than five years.  I did whatever it took to fit in...

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Sariah 20 5 / 25 / 2018
Age 20Since 05 / 25 / 2018

Sariah

I had been using anything I could get my hands on from cocaine, methaphaine, mdma, you name it - it all stares when I was just 15. Life was very rough and I reached a point of not caring any...

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Roy Demauro 58 5 / 28 / 1990
Age 58Since 05 / 28 / 1990

Roy Demauro

Drinking and drugs almost killed me many times and I couldn't stop.

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Danna 45 5 / 2 / 2004
Age 45Since 05 / 02 / 2004

Danna

I knew I was drinking too much and I needed to make some changes.

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Roy Jennings 60 5 / 11 / 2000
Age 60Since 05 / 11 / 2000

Roy Jennings

My drunk a lot goes back 42 years from the day I was born May 20, 1958 until present time . What it was like being a slave of king alcohol I was A liar a cheat and a thief and character assa...

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Steve G. 36 5 / 25 / 2014
Age 36Since 05 / 25 / 2014

Steve G.

I had gotten to the point I could no longer drink the pain away,and looking myself in the mirror was a thing of the past

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Mindy Edwards 37 5 / 16 / 2018
Age 37Since 05 / 16 / 2018

Mindy Edwards

It was very scary and only and depressing and I felt so hopeless I just wanted to die I hated myself

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Christopher Jackson 25 4 / 31 / 2018
Age 25Since 05 / 01 / 2018

Christopher Jackson

Deciding to choose a life of sobriety is one of the greatest decisions I will ever make. I am going on two months clean after relapsing, when going on 11 months clean. Its still hard, the de...

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