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April 2010

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He knew all the liquor stores within 10 miles, but couldn't quiet the voice inside

I AWOKE in a cold sweat on a couch with a voice screaming in my head. I must have passed out early. I looked around to see where I was. When I realized it was my house, a brief second of peace washed over me, but then the screaming in my head quickly resumed. I could hear the upstairs shower turn on. When I heard my wife climb into the shower, a mad dash to find some booze was on. I looked in all my usual hiding spots. No bottles. I went and looked in the garage and found an almost empty bottle of vodka. There were maybe three shots left. As the warm vodka ran down into my empty stomach another brief second of peace came. Then the screaming resumed.

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