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Summary Of Don T Question My Desire By Kelly Campos
Brea, CA Author Opens Up About His Battles with Booze in Candid Memoir
Kelly Campos shares to readers how he prevails over his drinking problem.

During his days as an alcoholic, Kelly Campos had a compulsive desire to drink. And staying sober for a very long time now, he feels a strong urge to share his story with people who struggle with alcoholism. He finds it his calling to help them kick the habit, which for this reason he wrote Don't Question My Desire.

Frank, expressive, and conversational are words that best describe Campos’ memoir. Don’t Question My Desire points not to his strong desire for alcohol but to a stronger desire for sobriety – his increasing willingness to prevail over his alcoholism. His raw conversational narrative
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