She overcame addiction. Now, this Canadian is motivating others to get sober
Global News
After "hitting rock bottom" after a night of partying, Nova Scotia's Danielle Megaffin realized she needed to make serious changes. Now she's using her story to help others.
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Danielle Megaffin was once a self-proclaimed party girl.
“I was a really bad addict and alcoholic and I tried to get sober in rehab,” she said during an interview with Global News this week.
“I tried so many times to do it on my own. I always relapsed.”
Megaffin, of the Halifax-suburb of Tantallon, N.S., said she travelled to several different countries in an attempt to escape the grip of her alcohol and cocaine addiction.
“But where you go, there you are, so the addiction always followed me,” Megaffin explained.
After “hitting rock bottom” following another night of partying, Megaffin realized she needed to make some serious changes.
“I was like ‘Okay, I cannot live like this anymore,'” she admitted, adding she arrived at this conclusion following an overdose suicide attempt.
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