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Fresh Start: Poirier Focused on Future After Overcoming Two-Year Battle with the Bottle

For two years Emile Poirier lived in denial. But it reached a point last February where he couldn't do it any more.

"Seeing my life where it was going, I needed a change," said Poirier on Wednesday at WinSport, talking publicly for the first time about his battle with alcoholism. "I've seen signs for the last two years and finally I admitted it to myself."

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"Pretty emotional," admits Treliving, recalling that moment. "He said, 'Listen, I've got to make some changes.' For us, it feels like a dark day but in a lot of ways, it's a great day because you recognize it.

"To go through that, it takes great strength to ask for help."

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