The Big Issue

MY PITCH INTERNATIONAL

THOMAS OVEBRATT
sells Faktumon Donsö Island, Gothenburg

The first time I drank alcohol, I was seven years old. My little sister was only four. It was New Year’s Eve, we were at home in Lidköping, and my dad poured a glass for each of us. Dad was an alcoholic; he drank every day.

I did well

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