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“My name is Dasho Paljor Dorji. I’ve been sober and clean since June 2004 …”
“I’m Dechen Wangmo, 26 years old and I haven’t been drinking alcohol since 2007 …”
“I’m Tshewang Tenzin, a recovering drug user, and I’m proud to say I’ve been sober since November 2006 …”
About 150 recovering drug users and alcoholics gathered at the YDF hall in Thimphu yesterday to celebrate the “clean and sober day”. Most of the participants wore white T-shirts and badges showing their sobriety, as they exchanged stories among themselves about loving the clean life. The T-shirts stated: “Ask me. See me. I am drug and alcohol free” – the theme for the event.
The sober and clean day attracted people from all walks of life, with many forms of addiction and varying lengths of sobriety.
Among the group were nine young men, who are still undergoing detoxification at the Thimphu referral hospital. Continue reading Ex-addicts celebrate being clean and sober