Sharing the Dark Parts of my Story 23 Years Later.
Natalie Speakman first got sober at the age of 17, as a result of being forced into a Christian brainwashing drug rehab. She spent almost the entirety of her senior year of high school there as well as 11 months of her life. She joined AA when she got out.
After being clean and sober for 18 months, she made the conscious decision to relapse, which led to almost 4 years of chaos. Natalie landed back in the rooms of AA at 22, where she has been ever since. She has dabbled in many other 12-step programs, but calls AA home.
As the result of a transformative AA Big Book study process, Natalie chose to take 21 years off her sobriety date in May 2020.
Natalie worked for an alcohol and drug recovery center for many years, and is now is a transformational life coach, using her own experiences to hold space for others to create change in their lives. She is also is a Reiki/energy healer and intuitive, meditation instructor, writer, and tarot card reader. You can find her at nataliemspeakman.com on Facebook at Natalie Speakman, and Instagram at nataliemspeakman. She is also a teacher on the free #1 meditation app Insight Timer – you can give her a follow here –
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