When the war ended, I expected to meet my family and friends, but the city was empty.

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At his impressive home on the outskirts of the city, my camera crew and I meet his friends and family, before Luol.

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However, I also go to the gym every day, take time to play tennis, meditate and go to my recovery support meeting, meet with friends, and have certain times of the day that are off-limits for doing work (unless very extenuating circumstances), namely the evening from when I pick up my daughter at school until when she goes to sleep.

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"I am afraid my ability to keep a reasonable house, to meet friends, to have a normal life - that, I think, will be seriously curtailed or stopped altogether", she told me.

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The things we have shared and the challenges we have faced together as football players, choral students, colleagues and friends give me the strength to move forward and meet this latest challenge in my life with a firm resolve.

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