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I am a recovering alcoholic. Several years ago I went to rehab to get sober; then started working on my health which was pretty terrible. That is when I found out I was a diabetic and I immediately assumed I had somehow brought it upon myself with 2 decades of heavy drinking. My doctor assured me that I had not. He also informed me that staying clean and living a healthy lifestyle would never make my diabetes "go away", that I am and will always be a diabetic, and how I live my life from here on out will make the difference between a long life with good quality, and the alternative which is not pretty.