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Hi, my name is Beth and I'm an alcoholic and thank you so much for asking me to come

out and share a piece of my story.

It's a really big deal for me.

I am an alcoholic and I started drinking at a very young age and I grew up in a home

where there wasn't a whole lot of personal connection.

I wasn't close with either of my parents, I wasn't close really with either of my brothers.

The only emotional connection I had when I was growing up was my grandfather who I saw

two weeks a year in the summer and they would come up from Florida and I remember just

being able to beat with him, just being able to sit in his presence, just me and him

and who's the only comfortable time I ever experienced as a small kid.

My story includes a lot of animals and I bring them up today because it's again taking

a huge role in my life.

My parents bred and showed dogs and so as I started to get five, six years old I started

to show the puppies and train the puppies and work with the puppies and so when the

I got a little bit older I started showing them a dog shows and we had really good dogs

and we won a lot so I assumed it was all about me and I would show dogs and we would go

to dinners and kennel club meetings and they would have gatherings and you know lots

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