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Mella Affolter
Biography
Born in Mogno, Switzerland in 1976
Kandersteg , Switzerland
At birth, my heart stops beating
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Kandersteg , Switzerland
Bern , Switzerland
At age 3, I frequently live away from my parents
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Bern , Switzerland
Schauplatzgasse , Bern , Switzerland
At age 8, I suffer under racist behaviour directed against my father and myself
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Schauplatzgasse , Bern , Switzerland
Aarbergergasse , Bern , Switzerland
At age 10, I get homeopathic treatment against sadness and world-weariness
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Aarbergergasse , Bern , Switzerland
Kantonstrasse , Stalden , Switzerland
At age 12, I ask too much of my parents by being ill, and I drink excessive amounts of alcohol
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Kantonstrasse , Stalden , Switzerland
Duranengässi , Leuk , Switzerland
At age 13, my parents refuse to see that I drink alcohol
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Duranengässi , Leuk , Switzerland
Bern , Switzerland
At age 14, I escape from intrusive men by maiming myself and making myself ugly
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Bern , Switzerland
Ennet Brücke , Visp , Switzerland
At age 15, I drift around, drink myself unconscious, and desire to flee from my surroundings in the company of my lover
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Ennet Brücke , Visp , Switzerland
Switzerland
At age 17, I suffer my life as a housewife with my boyfriend
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Switzerland
Aarbergergasse , Bern , Switzerland
At age 19, I complete my second course of training and function on alcohol
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Aarbergergasse , Bern , Switzerland
Bottigenstrasse , Bern , Switzerland
At age 20, I enjoy my male job
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Bottigenstrasse , Bern , Switzerland
Bottigenstrasse , Bern , Switzerland
At age 22, I work, addicted to drugs, under the obsessive interference of my employer
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Bottigenstrasse , Bern , Switzerland
Jolimontstrasse , Bern , Switzerland
At age 24, I try to kill myself
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Jolimontstrasse , Bern , Switzerland
Marktgasse , Bern , Switzerland
At age 24, I live for months without the solace of alcohol, need more drugs, and start hallucinating
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Marktgasse , Bern , Switzerland
Switzerland
At age 24, I escape from being publicly exposed by my boss by going back to my parents and try to get help
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Switzerland
Marzilistrasse , Bern , Switzerland
At age 25, I feel at home in the company of drug addicts
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Marzilistrasse , Bern , Switzerland
Neuengasse , Bern , Switzerland
At age 27, I am a popular dealer and am happy in my relationship with an addicted man
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Neuengasse , Bern , Switzerland
Bottigenstrasse , Bern , Switzerland
At age 29, I am busy day and night trying to organise drugs for my friend and myself
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Bottigenstrasse , Bern , Switzerland
Murtenstrasse , Bern , Switzerland
At 30, I embezzle money from a friend and suffer from feelings of guilt and lack of drugs
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Murtenstrasse , Bern , Switzerland
Bethlehemstrasse , Bern , Switzerland
At age 30, I panic, rob a gas station and get arrested
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Bethlehemstrasse , Bern , Switzerland
Von Erlachweg , Hindelbank , Switzerland
At age 30, I enter prematurely into custody, am treated with methadone, and need fewer drugs
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Von Erlachweg , Hindelbank , Switzerland
Von Erlachweg , Hindelbank , Switzerland
At 31, I am for the first time in my life diagnosed on the causes and nature of my addiction
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Von Erlachweg , Hindelbank , Switzerland
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