Hey guys, it's Dawn. I want to share some mini episodes with you each week to give you some bite-sized

insights into how to heal, new ways to think. Truth bombs, choices you can make for yourself I want to encourage you on your

healing journey I want to help you to see through these beautiful shares more of the truth and give you even more

inspiration to heal. I believe in you, you can do this, so here is one of our mini episodes. I hope it's helpful.

Take a listen.

Yes, I drank. I was very big advocate in high school of not drinking. I used to sponsor

non-alcoholic parties and actually had my friends that came to them and I didn't drink until I was 22 and I actually divorced my first husband and moved in with my mom.

My mom was a big partier.

She went out every Thursday, Friday and and Saturday, as long as I can remember my whole life up until recently.

But I moved in with her and one night she got me to go out with her and I was hooked.

I, she taught me how to drink.

She taught me how to drink.

She taught me how to buy shots early

and get drunk really fast and cheaper and I drank for many years.

I drank on weekends, I drank as soon as I divorced my son's dad and my son was at his dads and my family

when you don't have anything to do you go out we have a family bar we had a family

bar where my dad would be my mom would be it was the

oddest thing because my mom would be there with my stepdad and whoever that was at

the time and it it was just that's just what we did we drank until it's been July seven years ago that I got in trouble and I decided this was not for me and I realized it wasn't working so I haven't drank since

2018 and I just I have been sober since then and it's been a long journey but getting in trouble and just

deciding that was not the route I wanted to take and it was just very eye opening but at the same time it was all I ever knew.

It's just what we did. It's just the way we coped and it was a very good coping mechanism for many years to not feel anything

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