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A few days ago,Kenny Dunn,37,celebrated three years sober by posting a series of progress photoson imgur. Immediately, they went viral-and dunn,Vancouver Rail Engineer, Canada,Received tons of support and applause other social media users to be clean. His smile on the last picture shows how proud he is proud of himself today. But when do nottook this initial selfie documenting hisFirst day of sobriety On November 2, 2016, it was absolutely miserable."I drank 12 to 24 drinks every day and to havefog three or four times a week, "says DunnBetter lifeof this fateful day. "I knew I needed help, but I did not know what to do."

Like many people, Dunn started drinking in college and mid-20, he had become afull dependence. HIs a big consumption of his marriage, because he would often collapse and embarrass on social occasions, or telling hurtful things to his wife that he could not even remember the next day. "I would do black out andArgue with my wife And then I would come and I'll see her staying crying and I have no idea how she had like that, "he said." I was remorse, but I did not even know that That I did. It was almost as if another person controlled me. "

Then, three years ago, Dunn hit the rocky background. "I put my son in bed and I left to drink no more than three beers," he said. "Instead, I drank 19 beers in three hours. I realized that I could just manage my life anymore."

The next day he took a picture of his first sober day. At that time, hisSelf-esteem was at a low low time.

"I was concerned if I lived or dreamed," Dunn said. "I would look in the mirror and I just wish I was not drunk. I felt very alone, because I felt like if no one had understood what I spent."

Like many others with alcohol dependence, Dunn had resolved to stop drinking to drink several times before and would have sobriety sections that lasted up to 14 months. But then, he would fall again from the wagon.

"I was convinced that I could go back todrinkingly, "he says." But it would be quickly angry at control and even worse than it was before. "

Dunn had tried everything forstop drinking Alone, so this time, he did something different: heask for help.

"I knew a friend who was in recovery and sent him a text and I said that I needed help right away," he said. "She picked me up and took me to my first anonymous meeting of alcoholics and it saved my life."

At his first meeting, Dunn saw a sign on the wall that read: "You never need to be alone."

"It struck me like a ton of bricks," he said. "The people there knew what I spent, so I was no longer alone."

Through the 12-step program, Dunn has begun to confront some of the causes of its dependence and has won the tools to help them deal with problems when they were, instead of turning to alcohol. . But perhaps mostly, he finally had thesupport system He needed.

After all, unlike other drugs-Alcohol is something many people appreciate with flippancy And alcoholics must face constantly, letting them feel specially ostracized.

"The alcoholic is really alone, "Dunn said." Nobody understands only internal combat. We see other people by drinking and posing no problem with that, which strengthens this desire and the belief that we can be like them. But reality - for me, at least-is that I can not. "

When Dunn took this selfie of himself at 24 hours, he did so that he could remember how horrible alcohol made it feel.

"I was so much hippover and the disease," he said. "But this first week, I felt like I was escaped a bad relationship. The worst was behind me."

Dunn continued to take pictures of himself every time he received a chip - and he struck his mark of one year, he had found his sense of purpose and oneself.

"I liked the person who looked at me in the mirror," he said. "I felt like I had all the opportunities in the world. Every day seemedfilled with possibility, while before, once I took this first drink, the rest of my day committed to drink. "

While he continued with his sobriety, Dunn started to eat better and exercise more regularly, losing 76 pounds of 76 pounds.

In his eyes, the pictures "serve as a reminder" he wants to "continue to improve" and must remain sober to achieve this goal.

"I like to look at this person in the 24-hour photo, because it was the person I saw every day," he said.

With respect to Dunn's advice to anyone who is debating with an addiction, he urges them not to go alone.

"You have to reach out," he said. "There are so many people who are willing to help." And now, it's one of them too.