The author relates how her experiences trying to overcome addictions has helped her be more self-aware, embrace her ethnic identity, and accept her sexual orientation.

Introduction : I want my experiences to serve a purpose -- Growing up : I want to fit in -- Career : I want to be somebody -- Therapy : I want to be myself -- Sobriety : I want to stop boozing -- Veganism/animal activism : I want tomake a difference -- Coming out as gay : I want to be in love -- Workaholism : I want to stop being a slave -- Addiction hopping : I want to stop eating compulsively -- Codependency : I want to be enough -- Overconsumption : I want to stop buying -- Environmentalism : I want to save my world -- Into action : I want you to join me.