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Quitting retail for electrical installation work saved my life

The image is a first-person shot of an electrical worker holding out their two hands, which are heavily stained black with grime from their manual labor, toward the camera. The worker is wearing casual work attire including a grey fleece jacket, stained khaki work pants, and work boots, and is standing on a paved outdoor worksite. Overlaid text at the top of the image reads: '15 years ago today, I quit my retail job and started working in electrical installation. Depression and severe alcohol abuse gone. I collapse into bed completely exhausted but happy, sleep like a baby, and get up at 4 a.m. looking forward to honest work.' Text at the bottom of the image adds: 'Without exaggeration: that decision saved my life.' The post shares a positive personal story of career change leading to drastically improved mental health and life quality.
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15 years ago today, I quit my retail job and started working in electrical installation. Depression and severe alcohol abuse gone. I collapse into bed completely exhausted but happy, sleep like a baby, and get up at 4 a.m. looking forward to honest work. Without exaggeration: that decision saved my life.

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The image is a first-person shot of an electrical worker holding out their two hands, which are heavily stained black with grime from their manual labor, toward the camera. The worker is wearing casual work attire including a grey fleece jacket, stained khaki work pants, and work boots, and is standing on a paved outdoor worksite. Overlaid text at the top of the image reads: '15 years ago today, I quit my retail job and started working in electrical installation. Depression and severe alcohol abuse gone. I collapse into bed completely exhausted but happy, sleep like a baby, and get up at 4 a.m. looking forward to honest work.' Text at the bottom of the image adds: 'Without exaggeration: that decision saved my life.' The post shares a positive personal story of career change leading to drastically improved mental health and life quality.

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This is a user-submitted personal anecdote post originally shared to the 9Gag platform, distributed via 9Gag's RSS feed. The poster is the electrical worker featured in the photo, who created the image by adding text over their own photograph to share their life improvement story with the 9Gag community.

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