We tell people to get sober. But what happens after they do?

By: Shamecca Brown, Columnist

Outlets: Granite State News Collaborative

Published: September 7, 2026

Words: 768

Last Updated: 1 week, 4 days ago

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For someone fighting addiction, 90 days can mean everything.

It can mean waking up sober. Making it through another day without using. Going to treatment when you don’t want to. Taking the drug test. Showing up for work. Making the phone calls. Sitting through the appointments. Trying to repair relationships that addiction damaged.

It should be a victory, and it is. But sobriety doesn’t automatically come with an apartment. It doesn’t come with …

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