Age 70Since 10 / 31 / 2005
Deb Rudolph
It was great didn’t like being out of control anyways❤️
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October Archives
Recovery stories from people whose sobriety date falls in October — real accounts shared to remind anyone still struggling that they are not alone.
Featured story Age 63· Sober since 10 / 06 / 2018
Sue
My first drink I was 9, my last I was 56. I had a 20 year dry period too. I blacked out from the beginning. But the numbing of feelings and the ability to talk to males was what really kept...
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Age 18Since 10 / 21 / 2023
Mariahna Camacho
It was terrifying and unbearable I never thought that is was possible to have a good life or to love myself, to accomplish anything that I put my mind to!!
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Age 59Since 10 / 10 / 2004
Gina
I was an alcoholic at an early age. A child of alcoholic parents, I learned to handle the disfunction in the same way they did. I used to steal from my mother to get alcohol and inevitably h...
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Age 55Since 10 / 11 / 2008
Gina Andreano
It was a beast, that I truly believed I could tame. What once quelled the deep echoes of trauma, sadness and fear turned on me in a blink and left me with a craving beyond all understanding....
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Age 62Since 10 / 28 / 1997
Jean
I covered it well but dealt with a lot of self-loathing. I could see the writing on the wall by witnessing my oldest sibling.
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Age 62Since 10 / 17 / 2019
steven v Martinez
like having a ball and chain around my whole body
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Age 66Since 10 / 17 / 1988
Dennis Wayne Kendall
My last three years in my addiction I had went to jail, had three DUI's and had become a IV drug user.
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Age 45Since 10 / 07 / 2017
Kenny - @38crenshaw39
It was two decades driving down a highway with no speed limit or off ramps, filled with lies and selfish behavior. The sound of a pill bottle shaking, plastic baggie crinkling, or liquor bot...
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Age 34Since 10 / 24 / 2015
Gabby
Quitting drinking was something I always said hungover because I knew I overdid it. But this time I meant it.
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