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June 1986

Gimme a 5th

There were a lot of times I went to the liquor store and said, "Gimme a Fifth." You can imagine the results of that request. I usually got drunk, thrown in jail, and very sick the next day. I can then remember pleading the "Fifth" for my behavior the night before and fantasizing about making "Fifth Avenue" when I got out. But just recently I celebrated my "Fifth" birthday in the program of AA, That was a "Fifth" of the "good stuff" if you ask me.

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