ESSAY June 2024 - A Journey To a New Life - Evelyn T., Colombia

I’ve been sober since January 7, 2023. That day I took a flight to South Africa (SA), so I literally traveled to a new life since then. God has an amazing sense of humor!  FIRST STOP: Bogotá.  September 2014: One Friday night I called SA because I had done something that ashamed me profoundly. “Why can’t I stop? Why do my relationships not last? What is wrong with me?” I still remember the understanding male voice telling me there was a solution for me. However, the sobriety definition seemed too strict for me: “It is impossible for a young and pretty woman. Youth is a synonym for parties, boyfriends, and joy. By that time, lust was still my friend.”