Trigger warning: This article discusses sexual assault.
Over a year ago, I made the decision to give sobriety a crack. Initially, I intended to improve my poor sleep and address my health issues by taking a month off drinking. What happened was an awakening that I never anticipated.
Nine years prior, I experienced a traumatic event during a long-awaited European holiday with my sister that unknowingly disconnected me from myself for close to a decade. On a night out in Paris, as a 24-year-old, I was sexually
