Thursday, Apr 13, 2023 at 3:47 PM

At my lowest, my most desperate and miserable -- sobered up, slowly dying, I was ready to give up everything. My job, my family . . . everything because nothing brought me any joy. He would ask what, in a perfect world, I wanted. What did I imagine things could look like? I had no idea how to answer the question. I sobbed on my mother's shoulder, "Why can't I just be happy?" as I recounted children I loved, a wife I adored, a job that was my dream job. What I did not understand at the time w...