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July 2009

A gypsy life

Forced to her first meeting in restraints, a good-time gal gets the message

ALTHOUGH I have not had a drink of alcohol for many years, if I pick up a drink, thinking I am cured, I will revert to where I was when I had my last drink 48 years ago: in a mental hospital with a wet brain and no hope of recovery. No matter how long we have been sober, whether a year or 48 years, the disease is never cured and one drink can act as a catalyst.

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