I am Mike Faria. I’m 39, born and raised in New Jersey. As a teenager, I experimented with drugs and alcohol to deal with my childhood traumas. In October 2019, I went into a major depression and began drinking more then I ever had in my life. I had to take leave from my job to try to function through the drunken hours. I thought I was going to be able to stop but I couldn’t. In January 2020, I was found barely breathing in my house from acute liver failure, hepatic encephalopathy, and kidney failure. Two weeks prior I had noticed my eyes turned yellow. Toxins had built up in my blood from my liver not functioning. I was rushed to the ER where I was in a coma for almost 3 weeks. I woke up on January 27th to be told I did not qualify for a liver transplant and that I would have to be sober for 6 months to even make the list.