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March 1946

After Her "Will Power" Failed

For several months my drinking habits were becoming steadily worse. I would not give up hope that at some future date I would be able to control my drinking. Somewhere in the back of my mind, I had the idea I would trot out this "will-power" others seemed to have and to put it to work when I needed it. Somehow I had been able to shake it out after a night and day of drinking but this time I didn't seem to be able to face the kitchen stove until I had a drink. Fortunately, there was a little left in the bottle, so while my husband was in the bathroom shaving I took a "quickie". This steadied me enough to enable me to cook our breakfast, mine consisting of black coffee.

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