She had her first drink at age thirteen and and her last one at age twenty eight, and in between she discovered two important things about herself; she was gay, and she was an alcoholic.

To almost everyone around her, Author Swan Huntley was responsible, organized and accountable, little did they know about the mess she was concealing, not just from them, but from herself.

But what would you do if after “coming out,” you admitted to your brother that it might be time to look at your drinking, and he unexpectedly agreed with you? Would you continue on as if you’d never heard him? Or would you decide that it was finally time to really get clean?

More From Swan Huntley:

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Read: We Could Be Beautiful, The Goddesses, & Getting Clean With Stevie Green

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