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thank you for this authentic sharing. Though I have not struggled with alcohol or substance abuse, (save for ice cream, which can be the devil incarnate),I have read many stories about recovering alcoholics. The common link for me is trauma and what one does with it, how each of us chooses to survive. And more than that to go beyond and thrive.

I don't know if this has been substantiated, but I have a theory, or maybe it's not mine, that each family member is assigned a job, some of us are what I call the record keepers,. It's a bit deeper than just the observer, because not only do we keep the records, but in time we assist in a healing narrative, for ourselves and our whole entire family. Thank you

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That’s beautiful, a.c. Thank yoy.

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Seth is a constant light of inspiration and compassion. His nurture is genuine, his eloquence uplifting. This interview is simple evidence of his weighty presence.

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!!jay!!

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Awesome! Such sound advice. I like you, Seth. Going to read your book. 👍🏻👍🏻

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Enjoy it, Phillis!

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Very interesting!!

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A helpful message. Honest voice speaking

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This was so quietly and unpretentiously compassionate. I loved this turn of phrase: "I’ve been called on to deal with a great many challenges, all of which would have been disastrous without whatever agency I have as a result of my recovery." Agency was something I was so profoundly desperate to avoid with my drinking, but what a gift it is, to be able to see clearly and take good action in one's own life.

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Beautiful. Thanks too for the Moth story. A moving, courageous telling.

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