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Bryan Hullihen's Early Adult Years


At 18 years old Bryan Hullihen entered into the sober living program called "Born Anew" which was located in an extremely rough part of West Palm Beach. Bryan had no vehicle at the time, no job, and had no idea how to overcome his insatiable desire to drink alcohol. Born Anew was a program which consisted of three neighboring houses that all shared one big backyard where there was a gazebo and an office. The gazebo was very large and is where most of the meetings centered around recovery from alcoholism and drug addiction took place. This program was for males only and between the three houses there were about 20 members of the program. The first several days Bryan was not allowed to leave the program grounds and he was given certain tasks and chores to accomplish to help him stay busy and learn a little humility. Around 5:00 in the evening all the other members of the program would return home from their jobs and, following dinner, would join together in the gazebo for recovery meetings. The beginning days in this program were of extreme value to the young Bryan Hullihen as he not only gained the humility necessary to become teachable he also began to truly understand how to overcome his alcoholism. Bryan quickly learned that his focus mustn't be on all the shiny distractions of most "normal" 18-year olds but instead his focus was needed on recovery from a seemingly hopeless state; alcoholism.

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