Drinking too much is how Mel Robbins plainly describes her own alcohol use during the worst years of her life, when debt and depression were mounting. In this story, her honesty about it matters: rather than hiding the habit, she names it as part of the spiral she escaped by deciding to change — the candour that has become her brand’s signature.
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