Ryan Russell’s boyfriend, Corey O’Brien, opens up about alcohol addiction and sobriety
YouTube channel and Russell often features on O’Brien’s TikTok videos.While on TikTok the pair are usually cute and funny, O’Brien’s latest project sees him getting more serious. He teamed up with the non-profit Los Angeles Centers for Alcohol and Drug Abuse (LA CADA), to make a short, artistic film that finds him reflecting on the period of his life when he turned to alcohol as a coping mechanism.Related: 7 signs your drinking may have gotten out of control in the pandemicIn a comment that many LGBTQ may relate to, he says in the film, entitled Freedom, “Being lost felt like home and running from my issues became a daily ritual”.