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Changing Gears

She had used alcohol to run from life until that stopped working

I made a million excuses to everyone in my life about why I was the way I was and why I had broken bones and why I missed work and why I had stomach ulcers. None of those excuses involved my drinking. Each time after getting in trouble with the law, I would be sorry for a while, but I really just wanted to get back to my old life and drown my sorrows and get away from people.

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