"Twenty years ago on January 16, I rattled into a church basement, unable to make eye contact, and sat in a windowless room surrounded by a random cross section of humanity."
"Someone handed me a cup of tea, because the coffee was filth. I sat and twitched and sweated and listened, and it was at that moment - 2pm on a grey Monday - my life pivoted. Which I know sounds dramatic, but it did."
Suzanne Harrington entered a church basement on January 16, twenty years ago, shaken and unable to make eye contact. She sat in a windowless room among a random cross section of people and experienced visible withdrawal, twitching and sweating. A stranger handed her a cup of tea because the coffee was filth. At 2pm on a grey Monday, she experienced a pivotal moment that redirected her life toward sobriety. The moment felt dramatic to her but marked the start of a long, determined journey to manage addiction and grief on her own terms.
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