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Ring of Fire

After losing his façade of being a functional drunk, he hit bottom

I've spent 51 of my 64 years in a love/hate relationship with alcohol. I loved it; it hated me. I never thought of myself as an alcoholic because I had things. I had a condo, a car, nice jewelry! Stuff. I thought alcoholics didn't have "stuff" like that.

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