Category: Stories
Seven Years Sober – @SoberMovement
And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. – Anais Nin Today is the day. Tuesday, October 11, 2011. I want to remember this day forever. The day I decided to stop drinking. The sunrise was ...MORE
Gifts of Sobriety – @SoberMovement
I left a 60 day treatment center on August 31st, 2018. Hurricane Michael made landfall on October 10th, 2018. I watched from an apartment complex in Pensacola, FL. I watched this storm destroy my hometown. A town that my parents, cousins, grandparents, aunts and uncles live in. A city ...MORE
Sober is Sexy – @SoberMovement
My rough upbringing had a lot to do with the low self esteem I have had since been a little girl. My dad partied a lot as well as cheated on my mom and my mom had 3 jobs so as a little girl, I felt very alone. I ...MORE
Cycling Through Sobriety – @SoberMovement
Today I am celebrating SIX MONTHS SOBER. When I hit what I call my “rock bottom” with alcohol, I remember being completely wasted in my apartment and following 20 Instagram accounts dedicated to sobriety begging for them to inspire me to change. I had the idea of living a sober ...MORE
6 Months Sober and Loving Life – @SoberMovement
“One day at a time”. When I first heard that, I thought it *just* meant one day without drinking at a time. And, while that’s a large part of it, I was confused. I found the whole not drinking thing remarkably, and unnervingly, easy. Was I a fake alcoholic?! ...MORE
500 Days Sober – Recovery – Addiction – @SoberMovement
I don't think anyone wakes up one day and says you know today's a great day to get addicted to drugs. Maybe next I'll try being homeless, hungry, humiliated, incarcerated, etc... But somehow that's where I ended up. I tried so many times, SO. MANY. TIMES. to get clean. ...MORE
3 Years Sober – ODAAT – On Repeat – @SoberMovement
3 years ago, I woke-up with my last hangover, the result of one final attempt to escape the reality of a lifetime of hurt: Growing up in a legacy of addiction, the untimely death of my parents, a failed marriage, climaxing in a swift, ultimatum-less fizzle, and long pause ...MORE
Addiction and Sobriety Truth – @SoberMovement
I don't have a pretty before-and-after pic for you. I do have a pretty gnarly picture of what my abuse has done to me. And this isn't the half of it - it's just the most shocking illustration I have. After passing out near a campfire I woke up ...MORE
It is possible!!!!!
I’ve been clean for just over 16 months!!!!! I can’t explain how grateful I am to have another chance at life today. I have walked through so much including a DCFS case and rebuilding relationships I have destroyed. I have 2 children born addicted to herion at birth and ...MORE
One Step At A Time
Hi y’all! My name is Mariana. What can I say? Today I get to enjoy another sober day. I stepped into the rooms of AA pretty suicidal and extremely depressed. I had a 10 year drinking career and what started as happy hour and dance nights, quickly turned into ...MORE
7*20*2013—5 Years
No matter what, July 20th, 2013 will always be the best day of my life. It was the day I had finally lost enough in my life to seek help. I didn’t know it at the time, and it was one of the toughest first months of my ...MORE
2 Years Clean, Sober and Smoke Free!
2 years/24 mths/104 wks/730 days SOBER AND SMOKE FREE 2 years without: -Hangovers -Being out of breath -Blackouts -Shame -Guilt -Regrets -Terrible anxieties -Feeling like a failure -Having to justify my drinking -Living from paycheck to paycheck -Feeding the addiction monster! But the best of all is that I was able to find MYSELF I found who the real me is! And ...MORE
A Different Perspective
I just wanted to give a shout out to all the participants here as an indirect substance abuse victim. It's very motivating to see many people embracing a sober life but what I really want them to understand is how much their loved ones and close friends appreciate the ...MORE
One Year Sober!
Today 07/06/18 marks my one year sober! One year completely free of any alcohol or drugs of any kind. if anyone reading this is struggling, or knows someone who is struggling with the disease of alcoholism and addiction, there is hope. My God carried me through so many situations ...MORE
This is NOT how this life is going to end
If you think you have gone too far down the scale to see the light, you may want to continue reading this....."this is not how this is going to end". First and foremost, the disease of addiction DOES NOT discriminate...Park Avenue to Park Bench...No one in my immediate ...MORE
Addiction, Relapse & Recovery
I started drinking at a young age of 12 to 13 years old and knew I had a problem from the first time I drank because I was a blackout drunk. That did not stop me from drinking. Soon, booze wasn't enough for me and I started using drugs. ...MORE
5 Years Sober!!
Nothing like waking up this morning from a relapse dream! So all I gotta say is, there are times over the last 5 years when I didn’t want sobriety. Times i wanted to say “eff it” and throw it all away. Life is still hard and challenging. Yes, It’s ...MORE
