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Jesse - 6 years sober

Before Sobriety

Addiction - Drugs & Alcohol
42 years old
Arrested - Controlled substances and paraphernalia
OWI
Public intoxication
Felony theft
Debit card was declined at Chick-fil-A with his daughter
Chaos
Insanity
Broken

After Sobriety

Awesome
Rebuilt marriage
Built a multi-million dollar company from scratch
Has given thousands of dollars to charities
Living God's way

Defining moment to quit...

Finally had enough
Put his life into God's hands

Jesse - 6 years sober

Before Sobriety

Addiction - Drugs & Alcohol
42 years old
Arrested - Controlled substances and paraphernalia
OWI
Public intoxication
Felony theft
Debit card was declined at Chick-fil-A with his daughter
Chaos
Insanity
Broken

After Sobriety

Awesome
Rebuilt marriage
Built a multi-million dollar company from scratch
Has given thousands of dollars to charities
Living God's way

Defining moment to quit...

Finally had enough
Put his life into God's hands

Katie - 22 months sober

Before Sobriety

Addiction - Alcohol
22 months sobriety
Full of shame, guilt, resentment & fear
Damaged & lost relationships
Severe depression & anxiety
Incapable of stopping drinking on own
Extreme & dangerous withdrawals
Failed treatments & outpatient programs
Lost all self-love, worth, & purpose
Living in complete fear & insanity
Hopeless “without a way out”

After Sobriety

Genuinely happy, content & proud
Found self-love, worth & purpose
Authentic, real relationships with significant other, family & friends
Ability to show up for those around me
Surrounded by a strong recovery community
Fulfilling job & career
Get to experience life – the ups & the downs
Truly enjoy life today!

Defining Moment to Quit

Moment of clarity – “I can’t live like this anymore, I’m done.”
Found the courage to ask for help
Turned to God, asking & praying for help & strength
Complete surrender to alcohol
Power of God & Faith

Katie - 10 months sober

Before Sobriety

Addiction - Alcohol
30 years old
10 months sobriety
Full of shame, guilt, resentment & fear
Damaged & lost most relationships
Severe depression & anxiety
Countless treatments & sober houses
Arrested for DWI
Fired from several jobs
Continuous drinking 24/7
Loss all ability & control to stop drinking on own
Extreme & dangerous withdrawals
Many ER & hospital visits for detoxing
Lost all self-love, worth, & purpose
Living in complete fear & insanity
Hopeless “without a way out”

After Sobriety

Genuinely happy & content
Rebuilding self-love & worth & finding a new purpose
Authentic, real relationships with family & friends
Ability to show up for those around me
Surrounded by a strong recovery community
Fulfilling job & career
Get to experience life – the ups & the downs
Enjoy life today!

Defining moment to quit...

Moment of clarity – “I can’t live like this anymore, I’m done.”
Felt so broken & alone
Turned to God, asking & praying for help & strength
Power of Faith
Complete surrender to alcohol

Lance - 18 months sober

Before Sobriety

Addiction - Alcohol & some drugs
54 years old
Hazy, confused and a mess
Missed many events - family, friends, weddings, kid functions and rocky marriage
Selfish / Blame others
Shakes without drinking
slow chaotic death
Let kids down many times
Drinking vodka in middle of the night to sleep

After Sobriety

Living the dream
Restored relationships with wife & sons, family and friends
Not perfect but so much better

Defining moment to quit...

Letter from son - " I need you dad"
Family

Lance - 18 months sober

Before Sobriety

Addiction - Alcohol & some drugs
54 years old
Hazy, confused and a mess
Missed many events - family, friends, weddings, kid functions and rocky marriage
Selfish / Blame others
Shakes without drinking
Slow chaotic death
Let kids down many times
Drinking vodka in middle of the night to sleep

After Sobriety

Living the dream
Restored relationships with wife & sons, family and friends
Not perfect but so much better

Defining Moment to quit

Letter from son - " I need you dad"
Family

Reuben - 10 1/2 years sober

Before Sobriety

Addiction - Crack Cocaine & Alcohol
52 years old
Party - Party - Party
4 DUI's
Countless car accidents
Can't remember how many times he's been in jail
Irresponsible shit show
Took advantage of women

After Sobriety

First thing he did was go back to school - perfect attendance
Solid employment - works everyday
On time in everything he does
All bills are paid
Works out everyday
4 AA meetings a week
Service work
Stand up comedian for the past 2 1/2 years and loving it

Defining moment to quit...

20 years of drinking & drugs - had enough
Pain has a purpose and it's to make you stop but he was immune to pain
Enough was enough

Reuben - 10 1/2 years sober

Before Sobriety

Addiction - Crack Cocaine & Alcohol
52 years old
Party - Party - Party
4 DUI's
Countless car accidents
Can't remember how many times he's been in jail
Irresponsible shit show
Took advantage of women

After Sobriety

First thing he did was go back to school - perfect attendance
Solid employment - works everyday
On time in everything he does
All bills are paid
Works out everyday
4 AA meetings a week
Service work
Stand up comedian for the past 2 1/2 years and loving it

Defining Moment to Quit

20 years of drinking & drugs - had enough
Pain has a purpose and it's to make you stop but he was immune to pain
Enough was enough

Mike - 4 years sober

Before Sobriety

Addiction - Alcohol, prescription pills - Vicodin/Percocet
54 years old
Drama filled with lots anger and self pity - got worse year after year
Viewed that world was against him
Hated most people and institutions
Many legal consequences
Was stuck in a revolving door for decades
Lucky he had a patient wife who kept him somewhat grounded since 1995

After Sobriety

Can deal with baffling situations
Replaced fear with faith
Learned to pause and enjoy the moment and not let fear consume him
Accomplished things I never thought he could do
Much improved self esteem
Relationships with family has improved dramatically
God has truly blessed him with a new opportunity at life

Defining moment to quit...

Grace of God
Was sick & tired of being sick & tired
Was tired of hurting himself and everyone who loved him
Was sick of disappointing and embarrassing himself and family.

Geoff - 20 years sober

Before Sobriety

Addiction - Control
37 years old
Volatile upbringing
Excessively regimented, routine-based all with control
Created his own prison by excessively working out 3 times a day, over studying, limiting nutrition to dangerous levels
No fulfillment
Run away from problems
Sleep deprived , anorexia and OCD

After Sobriety

Life became fun
Rewarding and baggage fell away
Doesn't feel he's living in a 24/7 prison

Defining moment to quit...

Leaving his parents house in high school allowed him to change
Didn't force change but allowed him to change

Mike - 4 years sober

Before Sobriety

Addiction - Alcohol, prescription pills - Vicodin/Percocet
54 years old
Drama filled with lots anger and self pity - got worse year after year
Viewed that world was against him
Hated most people and institutions
Many legal consequences
Was stuck in a revolving door for decades
Lucky he had a patient wife who kept him grounded somewhat since 1995

After Sobriety

Can deal with baffling situations
Replaced fear with faith
Learned to pause and enjoy the moment and not let fear consume him
Accomplished things I never thought he could do
Much improved self esteem
Relationships with family has improved dramatically
God has truly blessed him with a new opportunity at life

Defining moment to quit...

Grace of God
Was sick & tired of being sick & tired
Was tired of hurting himself and everyone who loved him
Was sick of disappointing and embarrassing himself and family.

Geoff - 20 years sober

Before Sobriety

Addiction - Control
37 years old
Volatile upbringing
Excessively regimented, routine-based all with control
Created his own prison by excessively working out 3 times a day, overstudying, limiting nutrition to dangerous levels
No fulfillment
Run away from problems
Sleep deprived , anorexia and OCD