Hello. My Name is Nicole, and I’m an Addict
Cleaning Up the Wreckage in the Wake of Substance Abuse
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20 min readJun 12, 2024
A good story can start with something as simple as an introduction. In my case, it would go like this: "Hello, my name is Nicole, and I am an addict.” This is an introduction I’ve given many times before. My attendance at local AA meetings goes back a long way. It goes back nearly a Decade and a…