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True LGBT Story: John W. McLaughlin, ‘I’m from Medway, Maine’

True LGBT Story: John W. McLaughlin, ‘I’m from Medway, Maine’

“I’m from Driftwood,” a collection of “lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer stories from all over the world,” appears weekends on LGBTQ Nation. For more true LGBT stories, or to share your own, visit “I’m from Driftwood.”

In this video story, John McLaughlin shares his story of falling into and pulling himself, with the help of loved ones, out of drug addiction.

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