"The main benefit of being sober is the freedom. I am so bloody proud of myself, I could combust."
Sober Stories
These are inspirational interviews carried out with people in long-term recovery. Don’t forget – you can speak directly with others who are looking at the role alcohol plays in their lives on this site! Simply join our community and visit the Members Feed.
"It was initially hard and I started out by ignoring social settings. But as my sober confidence grew, so...
"Managing the cravings and triggers to drink were the hardest part. That Friday night feeling, week-ends, not being able...
"My anxiety was made SO much worse by the alcohol- it wasn't the cure I thought it was."
"Over a 15 year period my drinking gradually went from problematic to dangerous."
I believed that alcohol enabled me to get through each day, it gave me the energy I needed to...
"I knew that getting alcohol out of my life was the most important achievement in my life."
Today's Sober Story comes from Sandra, a 69-year-old living in Waikato. ========= Mrs D: How long have you been...
This week's Sober Story comes from David (@davidfs), a 62-year-old living in Queenstown, Central Otago. ======== Mrs D: How...
This week's Sober Story comes from Gail, a 60-year-old living in Westport on the West Coast of the South...
Today's Sober Story comes from Jennifer, a 67-year-old living in the Horowhenua. ============== Mrs D: How long have you...
This week's Sober Story comes from Stu, a 72-year-old living on the Thames Coast. ============ Mrs D: How long...
This week's Sober Story comes from Andy, a 69-year-old living in Tauranga. ========= Mrs D: How long have you...
This week's Sober Story comes from Emma, a 42-year-old living in Kent, England. ========= Mrs D: How long have...
Today's Sober Story comes from David, a 50-year-old living in Sydney, Australia. ========== Mrs D: How long have you...
Today's Sober Story comes from Sharleen, a 62-year-old living in Whangateau - very close to Matakana. ============= Mrs D:...
This week's Sober Story comes from Graham, a 57-year-old male living in Kent, UK. ========= Mrs D: How long...
Today's Sober Story comes from Anna, a 29-year-old living in Auckland. ============ Mrs D: How long have you sober for?...
This week’s Sober Story comes from Penny, a 42-year-old living in Raleigh, North Carolina in the US. (Her username...
This week's Sober Story comes from Shane, a 60-year-old living in South-East Auckland. ========== Mrs D: How long have...
This week's Sober Story comes from Taryn, a 36-year-old living in Victoria BC, Canada. She runs the organisation She...
Today's Sober Story comes from Molly, a 61-year-old living in the USA. ============ Mrs D: How long have you...
This week's Sober Story comes from Graham (@hammer123), a 59-year-old from Manitoba Canada. ========== Mrs D: How long have...
This week's Sober Story comes from Dawn, a 61-year-old living in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. ========== Mrs D: How...
This week's Sober Story comes from Colin, a 68-year-old living in Canterbury. ========== Mrs D: How long have you...
This week's Sober Story comes from Darla, a 63-year-old who lives in El Paso, Texas. ============== Mrs D: How...
Today's Sober Story comes from Sue, a 65-year-old living in North Derbyshire in the UK. ============= Mrs D: How...
Today's Sober Story comes from Charmaine, a 55-year-old living in Wairarapa. ========= Mrs D: How long have you been...
This week's Sober Story comes from Tom a.k.a @behind-the-sofa, a 40-year-old living in Auckland. ========== Mrs D: How long...
Today's Sober Story comes from Anna, a 45-year-old living in Christchurch. ======== Mrs D: How long have you been...
This week's Sober Story comes from Marnie, a 52-years-old living in Scottsdale, Arizona. ========= Mrs D: How long have...
Today's Sober Story comes from Kelly, a 36-year-old living in Cape Coral in Southwest Florida, USA. =========== Mrs D:...
This week's Sober Story comes from Sas, a 47-year-old kiwi currently living in Berkshire, England. =========== Mrs D: How...
Today's Sober Story comes from Steve who lives in Marlborough. ======= Mrs D: How long have you been in...
Today's Sober Story comes from Maria, a 60-year-old living in Australia. =========== Mrs D: How long have you been...
Today's Sober Story comes from Maria, a 60-year-old living in Ireland. ============= Mrs D: How long have you been...
This week's Sober Story comes from Sarah, a 46-year-old living in Auckland. =========== Mrs D: How long have you...
This week's Sober Story comes from Jake, a 29-year-old living in the mountains of North Carolina. ======= Mrs D:...
This week's Sober Story comes from Simon, a 60-year-old living in Auckland. ======= Mrs D: How long have you...
This week's Sober Story comes from Richard, a 55-year-old living in Gloucester, England. ============== Mrs D: How long have...
This week's Sober Story comes from Lexi, a 54-year-old living in Wellington. ======== Mrs D: How long have you...
Today's Sober Story comes from Em, a 41-year-old living in Lower Hutt. ============ Mrs D: How long have you been sober...
This week's Sober Story comes from Ricky, a 54-year-old living in Raumati Beach on the Kapiti Coast. ======= Mrs...
Today's Sober Story comes from Mel, a 60-year-old living in Derbyshire, UK. =========== Mrs D: How long have you...
Today's Sober Story comes from Joanne, a 49-year-old living in Staffordshire, England. ======= Mrs D: How long have you...
This week's Sober Story comes from Janey who is in her late 50s and lives in Hertfordshire, UK. ========...
This week's Sober Story comes from Victoria (a.k.a Drunk Mummy Sober Mummy), a 44-year-old living in Noosa, Australia. ==========...
This week's Sober Story comes from Susan, a 63-year-old from Columbus, Ohio, US. =========== Mrs D: How long have...
Today's Sober Story comes from Sarah, a 57-year-old living in  Cambridge, UK. ========== Mrs D: How long have you been...
This week's Sober Story comes from Sue, who lives in Christchurch. ====== Mrs D: How long have you been...
This week's Sober Story comes from Andrea, a 47-year-old living in Tauranga. ========== Mrs D: How long have you...
This week's Sober Story comes from Polly, a 42-year-old living in Cornwall, UK. Mrs D: How long have you...
Today's Sober Story comes from Miriam, a 78-year-old living in Rotorua. ========== Mrs D: How long have you been...
This week's Sober Story comes from Pippy, a 63-year-old living in Gisborne. ============= Mrs D: How long have you...
This week's Sober Story comes from Stella, a 42-year-old from Sydney, Australia. ========= Mrs D: when did you stop...
This week's Sober Story comes from Helen, a 42-year-old living in Leeds, England. ========== Mrs D: How long have...
This week's Sober Story comes from Bob, a 49-year-old living in the Nelson/Tasman region. ======= Mrs D: How long...
This week's Sober Story comes from Caroline, a 45-year-old living in Matawai, Gisborne. She's has written her tale out...
This week's Sober Story comes from Michelle, a 44-year-old living in Auckland. ========= Mrs D: How long have you...
This week's Sober Story comes from Olivia (Liv), a 40-year-old living in Portland, Oregon. She writes the awesome blog...
​This week's Sober Story comes from Magz Shores, a 49-year-old living in the Washington DC metro area. ========= Mrs...
This week's Sober Story comes from Rosie, a 68-year-old living in the Coromadel. ========= Mrs D: When did you...
This week's Sober Story comes from Dawn, a.k.a Sober Fish, a 45-year-old living in Poole, Dorset, UK. ========= Mrs...
This week's Sober Story comes from Rebecca, a 40-year-old American currently living in Freiburg, Germany. ========= Mrs D: How...
This week’s Sober Story comes from Elaine who is in her fifties and lives in the Hawke’s Bay. ===========...
This week's Sober Story comes from Marilyn, a 66-year-old living in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States. =============== Mrs D:...
This week's Sober Story comes from Peter, a 49-year-old living in the UK. ========= Mrs D: How long have...
This week's Sober Story comes from Cheryl (@Elsa1202), a 56-year-old living in Taupo. ========= Mrs D: How long have...
This week's Sober Story comes from Kirstie (@scared), a 45-year-old living in Dunedin. ======== Mrs D: How long have...
This week's Sober Story comes from Aria, a 65-year-old woman living in the Bay of Plenty. ========= Mrs D:...
This week's Sober Story comes from Patti, a 62-year-old from the US now living in Thames on the Coromandel...
This week's Sober Story comes from Red who is in his 60s and lives in Wellington. ========= Mrs D:...
This week's Sober Story comes from Jay who lives in the Bay of Plenty. ========= Mrs D: How long...
This week's Sober Story comes from Sue, a 59-year-old Kiwi-Canadian living in Canada. ========= Mrs D: How long have...
This week's Sober Story comes from Nancy, a 62-year-old living in Louisiana, USA. ========= Mrs D: How long have...
This week's Sober Story comes from Stacy, a 48-year-old living in San Antonio, Texas. =========== Mrs D: How long...
This week's Sober Story comes from Virginia, a 59-year-old living in Northland. ========== Mrs D: How long have you...
This week's Sober Story comes from Ryan, a 34-year-old living on the East Coast of America. ======= Mrs D:...
This week's Sober Story comes from Arielle, a 28-year-old living in the West Coast of America. ============Â Mrs D:...
This week's Sober Story comes from Lynne, a 64-year-old living in Mid Canterbury. ============ Mrs D: How long have...
This week's Sober Story comes from Kailey, a 22-year-old living in Florida, USA. =========== Mrs D: How long have...
This week's Sober Story comes from Claire, a 37-year-old living in Cornwall, UK. =========== Mrs D: How long have...
This week's Sober Story comes from Cait, a 27-year-old from the East Coast of America. ========= Mrs D:Â How long...
This week's Sober Story comes from Lisa Boucher (pronounced boo-shay), a 58-year-old living in Ohio, USA. She is the...
This week's Sober Story comes from Marilyn, a71-year-old living in Huntington Beach, California, USA. ============ Mrs D: How long...
This week's Sober Story comes from Andy, a 38-year-old living in Medellin, Colombia. ======= Mrs D: How long have...
This week's Sober Story comes from Mark, a 36-year-old who lives in the United States. Mark write the blog...
This week's Sober Story comes from Veronica Valli, a 46-year-old living on Long Island, New York. =========== Mrs D:...
Today's Sober Story comes from Derek, a 30-year-old living in Seattle, Washington. Mrs D: How long have you been...
This week's Sober Story comes from Jean, a 51-year-old living in Alberta Canada. Jean writes the recovery blog UnPickled...
This week's Sober Story comes from Kelly, a 52-year-old living in California. ========== Mrs D: How long have you...
This week's Sober Story comes from Ben, a 27-year-old living in Jacksonville, Forida, USA. ============ Mrs D: How long...
This week's Sober Story comes from Julie, a 48-year-old living in Auckland. ======== Mrs D: How long have you...
This week's Sober Story comes from Kim, a 50-year-old living in Queensland. ========= Mrs D: How long have you...
This week's Sober Story comes form Toni, a 52-year-old living in Silverdale in Auckland. ========= Mrs D: How long...
This week's Sober Story comes from Carla, a 58-year-old from the Wellington region. ======== Mrs D: How long have...
This week's Sober Story comes from Maire a 47-year-old living in Horowhenua. ========== Mrs D: How long have you...
This week’s Sober Story comes from Anna, a 46-year-old living in Ottawa Capital Region, Canada. =========== Mrs D: How...
