Boyish charm
September 2018

Boyish charm

At 21, his innocent face had only gotten him so far. But this night, standing in the cold, he saw hope

We stand outside in the cold Northeast Ohio December night. The other two guys with me don’t seem to be bothered by the painfully low temperature. It’s as if the conditions of the environment don’t define their reality, or their response to it. They stand facing one another, humbly acknowledging a profound accomplishment: three years without a drink.

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