#iwentfirst: What Sober Looks Like

I took my first drink when I was 11 years old.

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I took my last drink and used my last drug when I was 44. I watched alcoholism kill my mother and ruin countless lives. I tried so hard to numb every feeling I had because I was scared of being vulnerable. I found out that without vulnerability there is no growth. This is me, over one year sober, and happier and more content than I have ever been

#iwentfirst is a gallery of photos and captions from women who stood in the power of their own contagious courage, and decided to “go first” by telling the world what it means for them to take up space.

Have your own story of contagious courage?

Sarah Stevens