My Story

Beast, Angel, Madman

Friends,

It’s about time I ripped off the band-aid:

My name is Alex, and I’m a recovering drug addict and alcoholic.

I’ve spent many moons contemplating whether or not to write this. In early recovery, I could not fathom outing myself in such a way.

I am exhilarated; I am terrified.

I thought about waiting until January to publish it—when I’ll be celebr…