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Boston Girl

She had her first drink celebrating a new ship in the harbor. It was also her first drunk

I was born in Boston, Mass. in 1927. I had my first drink when I was invited to celebrate a new ship in the Boston Harbor. I was 14 years old and I got very drunk. My father was an alcoholic but my mother never even tasted it. This set the pattern for every time I picked up a drink.

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