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I think it would be great if you could be comfortable enough to be honest about your mental health issues when you tell your story. For one thing, it's a real, true part of your story, and to leave it out would be leaving out something importanat.

But more importantly, someone might hear it who really needs to hear it. I know that for me, sobriety has been really difficult because of mental health stuff. I spent years beating myself up for "not getting it" and for "doing a bad job" in AA....when the reality was, I had undiagnosed PTSD that made sobriety extra challenging. If I had heard someone talk about the reality of mental health issues early in my sobriety, I think things would have been a bit easier for me.

Good luck whatever you decide to do! How exciting to be telling your story for the first time. I hope you'll come back and tell us how it goes!!