I Am Sober Stories of Experiences

I heve been sober for 232 days. I first started trying to get sober in October of 2011. The first 8 months were terrible. I would get some months at first, then weeks and finally barely 2 days in a row. My last run was a handle a...

I have been sober for several days. I think that alcohol poisons the brain even when your alcohol titers are low. You get shaky and nervous in situations where you normally drink and are compelled to imbibe. Then one day someone says...

I've decided to abandon my 30 year 'habit' of drinking...it was changing me for the worse. I've since started a blog to note how I'm doing. Please share! http://why-dry.blogspot.com

I feel weird today...all out of my happy pills, painkillers and benzoes...I am struggling with temptation, but I think I will be alright. I just need to stay here and not go looking for something to take my pain away. So far I have...

I am completely sober right now, I havent been sober for the past couple of days. I have come to despise this feeling. I am thinking that I might not want to get clean, maybe I am just to much in love with the high.. I am coming to...

My husband requires me to be, so usually I am.

Some days I let the addiction win, and I revel in the creativity drugs and alcohol inspire in me.

Sometimes I don't tell him, and sometimes I do.

(He is controlling, most certainly, but...

Yup!  I'm going to be sober for the New Year.  My mother and I made a promise that we wouldn't drink at all, not even champagne.  So instead of getting blitzed out of my fucking mind I will be bringing in this New year clean and...

This will be the first Christmas in a long time that I have actually been sober.  I'm usually drunk off my ass by now.  This is going to be interesting this year.  I guess it's good because maybe I'll remember some of it this time.

I'm coming up on 4 years

and I want a drink so bad!  I can't get it out of my head today.  I think I was shaking earlier.  Please tell me this gets easier?

I've been sober for 22 days so far.  I'm not going to lie, it's been hard as hell on me.

In a few days, it will be 2 months of sobriety for me! WHOOOHOOO!!!!!!!!!!

If you feel so alone and helpless, try this: get on your knees and pray. It worked for me. If you’re a Christian, try calling on the name of Jesus-He is there.  I know for a fact that you can also talk to recovery coaches online at...

I have been sober for a year and a half now.  I decided to stop drinking a few months after my 21st birthday.  For most people, turning 21 was the time to start drinking and hang out at the bars but by that time, I was definitely sick...

I am pretty damn sure that I have drank enough liquor to last me ten lifetimes. On a rare occasion I might have a few, but I just don't have any interest in it anymore.

4 years ago RIGHT NOW, i quit drinking alcoholic beverages. I lost 50 lbs., no longer had to take blood pressure medication, and my liver tested in good health. I have money in my pocket, and no longer have to scrounge for change under...

I had my last drink on New years eve 1995/96 and I have been sober for 14 years 10 months and 10 days. It had not been very simple nor easy. I have had to grow up and also look at myself. The biggiest problem has been my selfishness and...

I've lost so many I love to alcohol and drugs...I DO NOT WANT IT in MY life anymore. I don't drink, I never have, and if I ever do, it will be responsible. I am always the designated driver...I don't see a point in alcohol...I have such...

But I am sober, I've been sober for three months almost four. I really can't believe it if someone where to ask about four months if I would clean up I would of just laughed in their face. Because I had no plans of cleaning up and...

Although I am not an addict, addiciton has affected my life. I've learnt and gone through a lot because of it and decided to create a website to help not only addicts but anyone living sober.

Having to watch someone I love struggle...