A couple of months ago, I sat in a room full of men and women who’ve battled back from addiction and heard their stories. It was a very humbling experience for me.
When it was Jimmy’s turn to speak, I was stunned by the contrast between the bleak description of his former life and the joy I felt hearing him encourage others who’ve walked a similar path.
He was raised in Noorvik, Alaska, a city with 668 residents in the Arctic Circle. Jimmy lived a subsistence lifestyle: he hunted and fished by day and used drugs and alcohol by night.
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