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How a Grueling Backpacking Trip Helped Me Stop Drinking

By W. Hodding Carter · Outside · August 2024

How a Grueling Backpacking Trip Helped Me Stop Drinking

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"As part of a long struggle with alcoholism, I decided to jump-start my recovery with a serious physical challenge: hiking 100 miles of the Appalachian Trail"

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