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Keep Your Tools Sharp

A relapse after 15 years made her realize that “cunning, baffling and powerful” are not just abstract words

I heard early on that there's a point at which your "not drinking" muscle gets stronger than your "drinking" muscle. Like any routine, the more you do it, the more it becomes a habit. They told me if I didn't drink, I couldn't get drunk. So in February 2005, even though I could not have imagined a week, a day, an hour without drinking, I collected a coin for fifteen years of sobriety. 

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