There are 20 recovering addicts attending the meeting, taking it in turns to share stories. When it's Olivia's time to speak and she relives her lowest point, her voice breaks, the trauma of the memory still painful.She tells of waking up one cold Saturday morning in March 2018 to 36 missed calls from her boss and 11 from her dad. Of empty takeaway cartons strewn across the floor and greasy hair matted to the back of her head. She shares how her addiction spiralled until she lost her job. How her desperate dad sent her a heartbreaking text message that read: 'Are you alive? Please phone me back.'Mercifully, today she has her life back. Years of attending meetings like this while working through a 12-step recovery programme have turned the fortysomething from an unreliable mess into an articulate, glowing woman. 'I'm very grateful to be sober,' she tells the group.
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