Recovery is feasible – Man shares photographs exhibiting his battle with alcohol habit and big transformation

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By Linda Ikeji
6 November 2026, 5:43 pm

A Kenyan man, Elias Wanderi has shared photographs exhibiting his battle with alcohol habit and big transformation as a reminder that restoration is feasible.

The uncooked throwback photographs confirmed him sprawled on the road in a drunken stupor.

Although some folks have requested him to cease posting the photographs now that he has recovered, Elias insists remembering his previous is a part of his restoration.

Elias added that he believes forgetting how badly alcohol affected him might make him weak to relapse.

“There are some people who tells me to stop posting this first two pictures because I’m now fine. Addiction doesn’t retire, it waits to return,” he wrote.

“To make myself clear, remembering how I was during alcoholism is part of my recovery.

“Imagine what would occur if I neglect how horrible it was and the struggling I skilled throughout that point? I will not see any hurt in Alcohol and possibilities of relapsing might be excessive.

“They always help me so much and maybe they might be an inspiration to someone else.

“Same person, different times. Recovery is Possible!! I’m still recovering from alcoholism, living a day at a time.”