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August 1977

Nurse's White Shoes

There is a time for growing up, a time for becoming responsible

I WAS ALWAYS a "nice" guy in my drunkenness. I mean--who could dislike a big, easygoing guy? I would do endless things for people to make them like me. In turn, I would impose myself on all sorts of people and manipulate them into doing things for me. I was always so exhausted from doing things for other people in bars that I had to exploit my family to do things for me that I could not do for myself. Little things like cook, clean, wash clothes, and pay bills.

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