Slow Drowning: Resurfacing After Alcoholism

I hit bottom 100 times. I wish it came with a hand stamp or punch card, but it doesn’t. You pay full price every time you visit.

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This is where I’m supposed to hit you with my harrowing Bottom — the horrific episode that sent me careening to such unendurable depths that the only way out was up — a glittering recovery that will amaze and inspire you. Sorry. My 20 years of alcoholism have…