Age 62Since 10 / 17 / 2019
steven v Martinez
like having a ball and chain around my whole body
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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 42Since 04 / 08 / 2020
Clean & Serene
Dark, Lonely, Exhausting. I had lost my will to live.
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Age 31Since 03 / 29 / 2022
Alexandria
I have been a crystal meth addict since the age of 19. Coke alcohol and weed were always a factor before that but nothing really took my soul until I met Crystal meth. I spent my entire 20s...
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Age 37Since 12 / 23 / 2013
Ed Latimore
Everything in my life centered around alcohol. I made all of my decisions based on whether there would be alcohol or if it would interfere with my ability to drink. I ruined friendships and...
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Age 65Since 02 / 19 / 1997
Rick
lost my friends, lost my home, 3 DUI's, alcohol poisoning, lied to everyone, stole, cheated and jail cells
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Age 51Since 02 / 17 / 2022
Anathea Chavez
My life in drugs was tiring...working, staying high, believing that no-one could tell, and maintaining somewhat normal behaviors is exhausting to say the least!
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Age 38Since 03 / 05 / 2014
Zola
I went through a lot of traumatic events in rapid succession, and didn’t know how to cope. I quickly fell in love with drugs. I hated myself, my life, and the world. It was a miserable exi...
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Age 49Since 05 / 24 / 1997
Carol
Initially drinking took away my feelings of inadequacy and my insecurities. By the end I was hopeless, isolated depressed and suicidal.
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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 26Since 07 / 06 / 2021
Darren C
In 2013, I lost my older brother to a fatal overdose from fentanyl-laced MDMA. That sent me into an 8-year spiral which lead me to a problematic relationship with alcohol. I was in a dark pl...
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Age 58Since 05 / 21 / 2007
Gary C
was out of control and I was addicted to several things at once,alcohol,opiates,stealing and others. It was like " switching seats on the Titanic and I was drowning each and every day trying...
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