by Nik
(Essex )
I'll try to keep this as short as possible, I'm a 39 year old male and have struggled most of my life with drink and drugs and was only 8 years ago when my son was born that I started seeing it as a problem and since then (more recently) have been trying to get to the root of my issues.
I have been having therapy which has been helping and it seems to be that the issues I have stem from a traumatic childhood which has led to me having severe social anxiety, lack of confidence and not knowing how to deal with my emotions as an adult.
With the therapy and the self help audio books I feel like I am really making progress and the last week it dawned on me that I feel at my best when I am helping others and that people always seem to come to me and open up when they need help or advice which has led me here and I think that life coaching might be my calling.