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May 2009

A SIMPLE DIRECTION

How it Works," heard for the first time, is a lifeline

BEFORE I was assigned to the detox ward at a local hospital, the emergency room doctor told me that I had just made it there in time to stay alive. He explained that the potassium required for my heart muscles to function was depleted because of the amount of alcohol I drank daily without any nourishment; heart failure was inevitable.

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