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Darkness Visible

His alcoholism and bipolar disorder conspired to keep him in some fearful places

My drinking started when I was 17 years old. Some friends and I got hold of some liquor and beer, which we drank in the back of my friend's truck bed. We sat drinking and smoking cigarettes. Everyone was getting pretty drunk and although I was pretty far-gone, I kept drinking that whiskey. When I came to the next morning and found my friends still passed out cold, I found some more whiskey and started drinking all over again.

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