Key Points
After being sexually assaulted in 2015, I began drinking heavily to cope with the trauma..
I eventually realized alcohol was making me ill..
By then, I'd realized that the only way to give recovery the best possible chance was to start trauma therapy for male survivors of sexual violence...
Realizing that my sexual assault was a "tipping point" rather than a starting point in my story helped me further understand earlier traumas, including child abuse, parental neglect, and homophobic bullying I endured at school...
I didn't go to rehab or Alcoholics Anonymous or any other recovery program, for that matter but I found that dealing with my resentment in therapy helped enormously..
