Haydn Price

Haydn's Dry January

Fundraising for ADDISS
£670
raised
Dry January , 1 December 2021
ADDISS

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We provide support and raise awareness to improve the lives of people with ADHD

Story

Here's a story that I don't talk about & hopefully, you can help with it. Read to the end 🙌🏿



When I was 5, I was diagnosed with severe ADHD; at the time, little was known, and I was classed as "the naughty child" always acting out; I was suspended from school multiple times and left mainly at the back of the class, with teaching assistants or special ed.



I was one of the first to be put on medication that helped control the behavior; although it worked, it sent me backward mentally. At school, my reading age decreased over a year & It was noticeable that I wasn't "all there". In the end, I was in the hands of a dietician who tested different foods to see what I was tolerable to have. This helped for many years & as you get older, it was thought, or at least I thought you grow of it & learn to control ADHD.



Fast forward to two years ago, I started to question the way I was wired, why I was so impulsive, why I am addicted to anything I do & won't stop relentlessly, why I couldn't concentrate, why I performed so poorly in school but yet I excel in learning now, why all my relationships have broken down, etc.



The main question I had to dig deep for & for anyone that knows me well is, Why do I love to drink? I would drink casually (for me anyhow) 3-4 times a week, straight tequila on the rocks 🙌🏿. I drink to stop the relentless impulsiveness & little demon voices that tell me to keep moving at 100mph. The only things that can make me stop are my kids & also my quest for the Gym; if I don't go to the Gym, I 100% turn to the bottle as a coping mechanism.



All the above and more come from the conditions in ADHD & its well worth a read if you think you or your child could have it.



https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/adult-adhd/symptoms-causes/syc-20350878



Anyhow, in the last six/twelve months, like many, the bottle has become my best friend, and you only have to look at my previous post of me by the tree & you can see the pain in my eyes.



A complete mystery is how I got where I am today with all the trouble throughout my childhood! BUT with that being said, looking forward to the future, I want to complete dry January (shock horror). Not only for me but my family & friends, I want to get to the end of January and keep going and not slip back in my ways; I can only do that with accountability.



I would ❤️ to raise as much money as I can for The ADHD Foundation as not enough is done for this mental illness; little or large will make me accountable. I will double the amount that is raised.



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ADDISS

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RCN 1070827
ADDISS provides information and support to families, adults and children who struggle daily to cope with the burden of having Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. We are trying to raise money to build a national network of support for families all over the country. We currently run a telephone helpline. We offer training to schools and families.

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£670.00
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£670.00
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