Hey, this is Dakota.

And this is Keon, your favorite okay storetime host, and we've got some great stories coming right up.

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I almost lost everything because of booze.

Oof.

There is alcohol, substance, use, disorder, and it is fairly heavy throughout this story.

So if that is a trigger for you, please tune it a little bit later or just be aware.

It's coming.

Nobody knows that I have alcohol dependency, not even my husband.

I'm female 23, and somehow I became a pro at keeping secrets until now. By the way, this comes from user vodka junkie. And if you want to submit your own stories, go to the R-slash-OK Storytime subreddit. I'm Dakota. I am me. Take two. I am Nick Holt. Just messing with them. Just a little bit of goofing. Thank you, Nick, for being here. Nick Holt is an individual therapist.

He focuses on building tools with individuals so they can go about life,

leaning on depending on themselves.

Rather than a therapist, he mentioned he only meets people as regularly a few times a week,

but has been featured in Vox, Hafeiting Post, Wellness Universe, and other media.

He focuses on CBT, and he's worked with

men, especially, and affected us in their careers, relationships, and lives through mental health,

and has worked with veterans, athletes, executives, professionals, and other peak performers. Nick,

thank you so much for being here. My pleasure. And we'll get into O.P.'s post.

O.P. says, it started with a glass of wine after long

work days. This was never a big deal in my family. My parents are wine snobs. One glass turned into two or

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