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DeeceX's avatar

What a powerful narrative! Thank you for sharing your journey to a sobriety beyond alcohol and narcotics. I always admire the combination of open-veined vulnerability and painfully-gained insight you share with us.

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Vera Jerinic-Brodeur's avatar

Incredible writing! Wow. So much of this resonates with me. I stopped drinking 15 months ago and haven’t talked or written much about it yet. Thank you for speaking out!

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Ashley Kelsch's avatar

Thank you!! Good on you and 15 months!!! It’s a conversation worth easing - and only when you’re ready. Understanding our relationship to alcohol is complex and in my experience, ever changing.

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Allison Deraney's avatar

I relate so much to what you share in this essay. The gaslighting of self kept me stuck and in a spin cycle for a long time after my last drink.

I had to get out of my own way to let my HP show me the way.

THANK YOU for recovering out loud so others can witness and step into their own healing. 💕

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Ashley Kelsch's avatar

Thank you for the nudge!!!

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Jack G Woods's avatar

Well said. I'm happy for you! "to thine own self be true"

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Ashley Kelsch's avatar

Thank you so much Jack!

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