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Hi guys! Firstly, I want to say a massive happy new year to every one of you awesome people!

Last year I spoke about “Sitting With My Stranger” in one of my earliest blog posts for Access Your Life's website. Yet I am now sitting with …drumroll… ME! Just me, myself, and I! I also spoke previously about my journey through the tight grip of alcohol addiction, and in turn, smashing through walls created by my low mental health at the time. Hence my photo choice below that perfectly depicts how I felt back then, whilst staring directly into the pits of despair through the bottle of whatever poison I was drinking. Feeling completely and utterly trapped.