Age 43Since 11 / 04 / 2018
Michael
A living hell. A complete lie in my head thinking it was something I could control.
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Sober Stories
Real people, real recovery. Honest accounts of what it was like, what happened, and what life looks like now — shared to remind anyone still struggling that they are not alone.
Age 50Since 01 / 31 / 2011
Abbie Satterfield
I was depressed, had anxiety and struggling in every way possible. I would drink to have energy, to be happy then end up crying. I would lay on the bathroom floor begging for death. Alcohol...
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Age 47Since 04 / 30 / 2020
Michelle
I was a functioning alcoholic...couldn’t wait to get off work to stop at the liquor store to grab my magnum of wine and couple coolers.
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Age 64Since 01 / 20 / 1990
Pat
I couldn’t live life on Life’s terms, was miserable and blamed everyone else.
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Age 34Since 12 / 28 / 2019
Becky woodland - super_sober_mumma
Some say they hit a rock bottom, I felt I was at my rock bottom for many years just scrapping across the bottom back and fourth. In 2018 I entered rehab where my life changed, I finally felt...
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Age 53Since 09 / 10 / 2018
Bob C.
It was a creepy crazy life, I lived every day hunting for drugs and alcohol, screwing everyone over on the way through life. Burning bridges that were rebuilt over and over.
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Age 27Since 01 / 13 / 2020
Daniel
I was drinking to manage my mood, using drugs to help me focus and when it got too much I would blackout to shut myself down. I was living my own worst nightmare!
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Age 60Since 12 / 03 / 1990
Michael
A maddening, half-hearted, lying, cheating, ugly mess. I lived by the skin of my teeth, and cared about no one but my own [worthless] self.
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Age 62Since 11 / 19 / 2001
John Michael Weber
Started at 12 years old drinking by 14 I had a needle in my arm ended up on heroin for 10 years.
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Age 43Since 07 / 25 / 2008
Nate Awad
I was drowning in whiskey and cocaine, in and out of jail, lost my house, my truck, broken family and was living out of my car.. I was either gonna wind up in prison or kill myself!
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Age 33Since 11 / 27 / 2017
Paul Mauro
Misery. Pure and utter misery. Drinking to relieve the burdens and weigh of my expectations of myself and everything around me. Drinking to escape the reality of the chaos I created. Black o...
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