Recovering addicts share astounding before-and-after photos and sober positivity on Instagram.
When she first became sober, Howell attended three to four Alcoholics Anonymous meetings a day.
She hopes to attend University of Oregon School of Law in the fall and follow in the footsteps of her late grandfather, Bill Howell, who was a criminal defense attorney.Hastags like #sober and #soberlife have millions of followers. There are now accounts titled Sober Movement, Sober Nation and Sober is Life--offering community to those in recovery, or trying to get clean.
Brad McLeod, 32, of Ontario, Canada, became sober and graduated from Conestoga College in Ontario with a degree in addiction counseling. He's now a proud parent, owns a digital media marketing business and gives a platform for those in recovery through his Instagram page, Sober Motivation. "I had to decide if that was the life I was going to be living or if I was going to go in another direction.”
Brad McLeod, 32, of Ontario, Canada, became sober and graduated from Conestoga College in Ontario with a degree in addiction counseling. He's now a proud parent, owns a digital media marketing business and gives a platform for those in recovery through his Instagram page, Sober Motivation.Addington-Strapp has been clean for two years. Abuse and his father's suicide led to a near decade-long alcohol and opioid addiction.
"That was the beginning of the end for me. It scared me to death," Addington-Strapp said."I said, 'I don't want to do this anymore. I don't want to die.'"In April 2018, he checked into University of Pittsburgh Medical Center where he had seizures and remained for 8 days.Addington-Strapp obtained a sponsor to guide him through a 12-step recovery.
A video shows Addington-Strapp convulsing in a hospital bed during drug withdrawal. The photo to the right of the footage features a much healthier version of him, today.
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