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Stephen Mitchell

Stephen Mitchell

Self-employed builder from Edinburgh, Scotland documenting his journey from alcohol addiction to sobriety on Instagram as @alcoholfreeandme

Aug 11, 2026

19:06
That was the turning point?
19:07
So that was the turning point but that's not the reason why it's keeping me off it.
19:11
I'll touch on that in a minute.
19:15
but it's basically I was just I've had enough I'd had enough of it and I'd seen I think I've told you a story about my dad but I'll get into that in a minute and I've seen what it does to families and I just didn't want that anymore so yeah So I hit the drink for a month solid there.
19:37
And then I had two years recovery on my knee.
19:40
The surgeon again told me I wouldn't be able to run for five years.
19:44
So I said, well, yeah.

17 MINS LATER

36:33
So

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