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Francine hails from a family of alcoholics and drug addicts.\\xa0 Her painful childhood lead to teenage drinking starting at 15. Drinking, she says, took away her shyness but often left her in worse positions.\\xa0 Francine remembers falling down drunk in the street one night.\\xa0 Her alcohol abuse continued into her college years when she became a topless dancer.\\xa0 Francine\\u2019s lifestyle and her disease prevented her from having healthy relationships.\\xa0 Her marriage ended in divorce, and it wasn\\u2019t until a later boyfriend told her drinking was out of hand did she start to seek help and transformation.