May 2013

The Best Ingredients

With one cup sponsor, 12 Steps and a pinch of hope, she cooked up a whole new life

My journey with alcohol lasted 30 years. What started out as fun and a way of fitting in with others, soon became a way of life. At the end, I was barely existing. Alcohol defined who I thought I was and who I wanted to be. It took away the love I had for myself and led me to multiple suicide attempts, including one that left me flat-lined twice in one night.

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