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Posts by Adriana Kupresak

Adriana Kupresak is a travel and lifestyle Blogger based in Zagreb, Croatia. As a recovering alcoholic, revealing her personal wounds has given her the most praise and strength in sobriety. She regularly contributes to The Huffington Post, Elite Daily, Jetset Times, and Rebelle Society.

Why I Drank, How It Destroyed Me, and How I’m Healing My Self-Hatred

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TRIGGER WARNING: This post deals with an account of sexual assault and self-harm and may be triggering to some people.

Hi, I’m Adriana and I’m an alcoholic.

When I look back at my life, I realize it was inevitable that I’d end up here.

By the time I was nineteen, I’d already had a history of self-harm through cutting, a bi-product of my depression and anxiety. I was anorexic. I’d had a near cervical-cancer scare not once, but twice within a six-month period, leaving my gynecologist back in Sydney speechless. “I have never had a case like yours.”…