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Let the current take me away – The Story of Josephine Genaille (Cree)

With her kids taken away, her mom gone, and with no place to turn, Josephine found herself, lost, hopeless, and alone. That’s where alcohol had brought her. Moments like these can bring us to big decisions.

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Thank God I’m Alive – The Story of Carla McKay (Ojibwe)

“I was going through a lot of hurt and loneliness; I didn’t feel like I added up. I had one very close friend, and I was thinking about suicide; we talked about it, like I told her, “Maybe it’s the only way out.” And then I heard somewhere later, that if you do that, you…

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Lord, help me change this life. The Story of Ted Murdock (Cree)

When alcohol is your master, it effects every part of your life. For some, it comes on slow. But eventually you begin to realize the grip is not you on the bottle, but the bottle on you. Ted speaks candidly of his journey to find freedom, and the demons he faced along the way… including…

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You don’t have to live a secret life. The Story of Edna Shugak (Denaʼina)

Edna grew up in Pedro Bay, Alaska. Her father died when she was five. At age 14, she took on a commercial fishing venture for the family. Then her mother died. Life was challenging for this young gal. Eventually she married and discovered he had an anger problem. It was a secret that was destroying…

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