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He clawed his way out of a hardscrabble childhood, but alcohol followed him relentlessly. When he couldn’t drink, yet couldn’t die, he finally surrendered

When I took my first drink, I was instantly happier than I had ever been; the feeling was something I had never expected.  My bed was spinning around like a top, but even though I felt extremely nauseous, I wanted another drink. The next day I searched everywhere for the homemade blackberry wine I accidently found and helped myself to, but it was gone. Mostly I recall the uncontrollable urge to drink alcohol again in order to get that feeling of utopia back.

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