My name is Malin. I became addicted to alcohol during my late teens. Alcohol slowly but surely took over my life and eventually over-shadowed everything else. I became  firmly stuck in addiction and the feelings of  shame, anxiety and mostly fear had stopped me from asking for help until I was so sick that my choice came down to living or dying. Even though I was really scared, I decided to give life a chance. That was on November 1, 2010. By then I had turned 34 and I have been sober ever since.

Because I had become so extremely sick, both physically and mentally, the road to recovery has been long and challenging. However, I’m so deeply happy and grateful that I managed to make that decision in my foggy state of mind. Today, I have a fantastic life. Life is life for me as it is for everyone else. It has both sad and happy days, challenges and celebration. That being said, all days are better than the misery of reaching a certain level of addiction.

I have experienced and achieved a lot during my sober years. I have gone through my own journey of recovery with all that entails. From 2014 to 2020 I had the privilege of working as a recovery coach, spending three of those working with group treatment at a women’s prison and three years with group treatment within outpatient care . I have learned so much from all my clients. The knowledge that you gather from conversations with others who also suffer from various forms of addiction is so valuable. It is something that you cannot possibly usurp through only studies. It happens within the interpersonal meeting. However, parallel with working, I have studied various related disciplines during most of my sober years. This has resulted in my gaining extensive theoretical knowledge within the subjects of addiction, different kinds of treatment methods, mental health for mental illness, developmental psychology and conversational methodology.

Now I’m ready to share my knowledge. During the autumn of 2020 and the spring of 2021 I dedicated all my time to filming two extensive online courses. One is directed to people who want help to break loose from various substance addictions and the other is directed to people who do not suffer from the illness of addiction themselves, but want to learn about the illness. I have also recorded a section addressing the subject of codependency. Everything is filmed in both English and Swedish. I will also make myself available for lectures and personal coaching, both online and in person.