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Welcome
Damaged Goods a Memoir By Shelley Louise
Addiction, Depression & Recovery
About Me
Have you been affected by Addiction?
My road to recovery was and has been an incredible journey. By all rights I shouldn't be here, yet here I am still standing and still clean.
My journey takes me from the Red Light District in Honolulu, to the Windward side of the island where I lived for several years with my mom. Eventually I landed in the Tenderloin of San Francisco, where things would finally come to a head and I would have to make a decision about my future.
Today I live in the Bay Area of California with my family and continue to work in the Substance Abuse field. Having 35 years clean, I am proud and humbled to finally share my story—the good the bad and the very ugly with others, and to remind those who may read this that they are not alone.
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