I’m fighting to quit alcohol and rebuild my life.
Your support will help me stay sober, heal emotionally, and return stronger.
I’ve always believed in helping others, and today, for the first time, I’m asking for help—for myself. 🤍

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🟦 1. A Creative Soul, Broken by Circumstance

My name is Mahmoud, a Syrian creative, a big brother to three beautiful sisters 👨‍👧‍👧, and someone who has always believed in doing good for others.
The war forced me to leave my country and rebuild my life from scratch. Despite all challenges, I kept going — until life knocked me down harder than ever.

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🟦 2. My Mother’s Illness… and Losing Everything

A few years ago, my mother was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, an aggressive and painful form of cancer 🎗️.
I dropped everything — my work, my stability, my ambitions — to take care of her.
She was my anchor, and I couldn’t imagine life without her.
I gave her everything I could, emotionally and physically, until she passed away a year and a half ago.
Her death shattered me 💔.
Around that same time, the person I loved left me — unable to handle the emotional weight I was carrying.
I slipped into a deep depression, and alcohol became my only escape.

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🟦 3. I’m Not Ashamed to Say: I Need Help

I’ve always been the one who gives — my time, my effort, my love.
But this time, I’m reaching out for something I never asked for before: support 🤲
I want to stop drinking permanently. I want to heal.
I want to rise again and be the version of myself that I know still exists.
But I need help to do it. Not pity, not charity — just sincere support from people who still believe in second chances.

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🟦 4. Where Your Support Will Go 💸

Every dollar will go toward:
• 🧠 Continued sobriety support (therapy, basic living costs)
• 🛌 Mental health recovery (sessions, structure, food, sleep)
• 🏠 Monthly rent support, to secure a safe and stable home during recovery
• 🧾 Paying off an old debt that has been weighing heavily on me for years
• 📚 Supporting my personal growth (training, new habits)
• 💼 Starting fresh (rebuilding my freelance work in marketing)

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🟦 5. How You Can Help ❤️
• 💳 Donate whatever you can — no amount is too small
• 🔁 Share this story with your network
• 🙏 Pray for my healing and my strength

I believe in miracles, in kindness, and in people 🌍
I’m not proud of everything I’ve been through — but I’m proud to be standing here, clean for over 10 days, and asking for a future.
Please help me keep walking this path 🕊️

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🟦 6. This Isn’t Just About Me

Part of your support will go beyond just helping me.
I know someone else who’s also struggling with alcohol — someone good-hearted and sincere.
I will use part of what I raise to support his journey to sobriety too.
Healing feels more real when it’s shared 🤝

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🟦 7. Investing in My Work and Purpose

I work in creative marketing — design, storytelling, helping others grow their brands 🎨
This has always been a source of joy and pride for me.
Your support will allow me to invest back into my work so I can restart, reconnect with clients, and create freely again without the shadow of debt or shame.
I want to serve again, not just survive.

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🟦 8. Replacing the Addiction with Growth

I’ve enrolled in an evening course 🌙 to replace my drinking time with learning 📖
Every evening, at the same hour I used to numb myself, I will now learn, focus, and grow.
This isn’t a symbolic gesture — it’s a strategic commitment. I am rewiring my nights, and my life.

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🟦 9. Who I Am, Honestly

I’m not perfect, but I’m real.
I’ve fallen, but I’m not ashamed to say that I want to rise.
I’m a Syrian creative, a brother, a helper, a believer in goodness 💡
I’ve supported others many times in silence — this time, I’m asking for someone to support me.
Not out of pity. Not with conditions. Just for the sake of God, for the sake of kindness, and for the sake of one more chance.

I’m telling you this with all honesty, all humility, and all faith 🕊️
Your support will not go to waste — it will be invested in healing, in change, in life.

In memory of my mother
the strongest woman I’ve ever known