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Like A Gem

After thirty years of self-destructive drinking nearly killed him, he discovered sobriety that he burnished into a precious jewel

After three decades of daily drinking, I arrived at the hospital. My kidneys and internal organs were failing. I looked like a pregnant man. I had to cut the bottoms off my sweat pants to pull them over the swelling and edema in my legs. My skin and eyes were the color of mustard.

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