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Tag: mid-life crisis


  • Quitting the Bottle

    I quit drinking in 2021. I will have a drink here and there, but I used to be a binge drinker. I grew up with alcohol being the only coping skill taught. I took my first drink much later than most, already in college. I was turned off to alcohol since I had been raised…

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  • Burnout, PTSD & EMDR

    Burnout, PTSD & EMDR

    This story has a happy ending but is a journey and in progress. My burnout would end up requiring a new identity to heal, building back up the pieces of who I am and what I value. Freeing myself from my guarded and frightened nature has been the benefit of “forced growth,” otherwise known as…

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