Sober is Chic

Sober is Chic I am Shannon - a mom of 3 littles, wife and sober coach. I have been completely sober since February 14th, 2016. I would love to help you along your journey

Adderall was my drug of choice, but I really abused all drugs if they were put in front of me.

02/26/2026

When you are addicted to the ADHD stimulants, the addiction is telling you “I HAVE TO HAVE THEM BC I HAVE ADHD”! But that’s isn’t reality.

Reality is you’re addicted and your addiction is tricking you into thinking you need them to function, but really you don’t. If you are addicted and abusing your meds worrying if you are going to die from these pills, the pills are working AGAINST you, NOT FOR YOU!

Once you get past the withdrawals and early blows to your energy, you will eventually get your natural energy back! Yes, the ADHD will still be there but that can be managed without stimulants.

Clean eating, exercise, walking, sunshine, prayer, meditation, to-do lists, utilizing the calendar and alarms on your phone on the reg, using the notes app on ur phone on the reg….there are sooo many things you CAN do to help yourself manage.

There are also non-habit-forming med options that you can use as a tool during this transition.

If you want to know exactly how to get off the ADHD stimulants and learn exactly what I did to get over 10 years sober, COMMENT COURSE, I will teach you.

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02/24/2026

Our bodies are designed to naturally wake up in the morning and be an energetic human, however, we have hijacked that part of our brain to such an extent in our active addiction that we have to retrain our brain and body how to LIVE again!

We have to do things to give ourselves natural dopamine boosts - exercise, walking, helping others, clean eating, good rest, sunshine, prayer, meditation, therapy, and sometimes non habit- forming medication. GIVE YOURSELF GRACE through this transition time! Your body is going through a lot and it takes time 🩷

Take things one day at a time and sometimes one morning at a time, one afternoon at a time, one evening at a time.

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02/23/2026

I became hard-core addicted to ADHD stimulant meds - It started when I was 18 and lasted until I was 27. I’m 37 now and have been sober from all drugs and alcohol for the last 10 years.

In my active addiction, I could easily take 300mg of add3rall in a day. Some days probably more. I would never track how much I was taking because it scared me too much and I didn’t want to know.

The reason I know I would take at least 300mg in a day is because I remember very vividly taking 5, 30mg XR capsules at once and doing it again later that day.

My drug addiction came on with a vengeance and progressed very quickly. I went from taking add3rall to study to needing to go to class, to using it go out and party and ultimately needing it to even do anything productive in my life. Like the basic s**t normal people do (and I do today!) I couldn’t do without adder all or whatever stimulant I could get my hands on.

All while in the midst, I smoked a ton of w**d for years while also using alcohol. If opiates or benzos were around, I’d throw those in the mix too. Tried my fair share of coke…and took and abused every stimulant pill on the list!

Thats the thing, becoming an addict in college to ADHD meds, I found how EASY THEY WERE TO GET. Everyone was on them. I started stealing them. My behavior became erratic. I was completely out of my mind. I was CONSTANTLY lying. Not only lying about the drugs I’d steal and be on..but always having to justify my insane behavior.

I knew I needed help at the end but I didn’t know what to do about it. I did not know a single person who had an adderall addiction. Eventually, I was caught stealing a siblings pills for the FINAL time and my family outed me.

It was then that I surrendered. IT FELT SOOOO GOOD TO FINALLY BE HONEST. The addiction was killing me but the secrets were EATING ME ALIVE. I learned in recovery. Secrets keep you sick.

I’m 10 years sober and I can teach you how to get sober too. I see you. I get it.

You dont have to hide anymore…

👩‍🏫Comment COACH for link to my coaching.
💻Comment COURSE for link to my course on how to get off ADHD stimulants.
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