- Alcohol
Tanya’s Story
Long story short, I became addicted after a slew of bad things happened. In Feb. 2011, I almost died and ended up with ataxia and dysarthria. I was told I would never walk again. I can now, with help. I decided after getting clean to write about my life with addiction. I got some amazing help from a former alcoholic who became a published author and motivational speaker (I haven’t met her in person…yet). This person helped me finance my book to have it edited by a very successful editor. We are in the process of a final copy-edit, and I am going to start working toward publication. If I did not get sober when I did, none of this would have been possible. My book is called Six Degrees Away From Death. In my conference call with the editor, she told me I am an author. That’s a million times better than hearing “drug addict”!!