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SUMMARY:Sandra – Gadens Stemmer
LOCATION:Indre by\, Marmorkirken\, Frederiksgade 4\, Marmorkirken metro\,
  1265 København
DESCRIPTION:My story is a veteran’s story. It is more than 30 years sin
 ce I was deployed\, and it was only 2 years ago that the trauma and PTSD 
 I have lived with ever since were addressed. For those 30 years\, my life
  was a slow suicide\, as I ran away from myself—first through work and 
 later through alcohol.\n\nWhat do I talk about? How do you carry on when 
 the war doesn’t stop just because you come home—and how do you find y
 our footing again after literally having been dead from drinking?\n\nI gr
 ew up in a loving home with a father who was a proud soldier. I looked up
  to him and knew from an early age that I wanted to follow in his footste
 ps. I joined the military at 17\, and it felt like coming home. At 19\, I
  was deployed to the Balkans\, where I came face to face with a reality I
  wasn’t prepared for. I felt powerless\, and some experiences stayed wi
 th me—without my understanding why.\n\nWhen I came home\, my downward s
 piral began slowly. My fellow soldier died by suicide\, and I was left wi
 th anger and emptiness. I ran away\, first to the USA\, where I had child
 ren and tried to build an ordinary life\, but what I carried with me kept
  catching up with me. A sense of unease and restlessness grew inside me.\
 n\nI began having panic attacks and fainting spells\, but I wouldn’t ac
 knowledge it. Instead\, I found a way to numb it. Alcohol became my best 
 friend—first wine\, then vodka. I developed a functional level of intox
 ication that enabled me to get through the day\, but at the same time pul
 led me further and…
URL:https://www.copenhagen.com/events/sandra-gadens-stemmer-034230
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