Age 63Since 03 / 27 / 1983
Denise
It was an isolated and scary life High anxiety and at an early age I used alcohol to cope and navigate through life it was normal to drink in my family However I had an instant allergy and o...
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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 45Since 03 / 23 / 2018
Bo Blackmon
You lose sight when the fun becomes necessity and then what follows is hell on earth. I was always alone, depressed, hiding, smoking crack afraid to be seen. I hated my self and I judge me h...
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Age 33Since 02 / 04 / 2022
Ashlee carl
It was hell. I went from 140 to 103 and throwing up sick in bed all day for weeks. We fought all the time.
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Age 56Since 04 / 24 / 2003
Anthony K
"I was the walking dead". I was broke mentally, physically and spiritually to a point where suicide was and option. Abandon houses, jails and different treatment programs.
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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 63Since 02 / 27 / 2020
Randy
I was trapped in my alcohol addiction for over 30 years. I had no hope of ever getting sober or staying sober.
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Age 34Since 03 / 12 / 2022
Ashley
I was an exhausted monster. I hated waking up so I never went to sleep and when I did sleep it was for days at a time. I missed so many things with my kids and my daughter carried the respon...
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Age 28Since 08 / 26 / 2021
Cheyenne Killmer
When I started using drugs I didn't even know what addiction was. I thought I was just "partying", that's how I put it even when I was by myself.
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Age 56Since 04 / 20 / 2006
Skip Sams
Before I got sober, I had sabotaged every opportunity for success because I didn’t believe I was worthy of it. I had lost my life’s purpose. I used to say that I had lost everything: my...
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