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March 2010

A nice girl like me

A beginner wonders how she ever ended up as an alcoholic

What's a nice girl like me doing in a place like this? That's what I kept asking myself as I sat in detox in Carmel, New York, wearing a plastic wristband, full of fear, surrounded by people who had suffered much worse consequences than me. How did I end up here? How am I going to live without drinking?

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