Age 22Since 04 / 11 / 2014
Maggie H.
I was a big party girl and social butterfly. My drinking got bad my senior year of high school. By the time college rolled around, I was drinking almost every day, blacking out every night,...
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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 56Since 12 / 20 / 2015
Stacy Anderson
Did drugs most of my life and started drinking in my 30's.
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Age 33Since 05 / 16 / 2016
Stephanie
I had so much fun in the early days, but I started to rely on alcohol for comfort and to get away from feeling. I drank to be social. I used it to hide my loneliness, low self esteem, and ba...
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Age 53Since 11 / 22 / 2015
Dawn Sears
I am my own worst enemy. I am not most of the time now. We do recover!
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Age 49Since 02 / 20 / 2012
Karen Dalton
I spent 20 years lost in the throes of alcoholism. Full of fear and void of hope, I was sure I would die before I would get sober. I wrote letters to my children for them to read after my pa...
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Age 35
Laura Grasser
I was in a cloudy daze. I didn't have any control of younger version of "my so called life". I didn't think I would live past 30 years of age.
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Age 28Since 10 / 10 / 2014
Ashley
Dark. Scary. Lonesome. Death was looming. King Alcohol was destroying me from the inside out. I was dying!
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Age 27Since 11 / 18 / 2014
Laura
When I was out there, I hurt the people closest to me. I had no self worth and did not care what happened to me.
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