Sep 15, 2021

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I Fell Back Down the Rabbit Hole of Alcohol Abuse

My motto was, “Drink to celebrate, not to escape,” but I quickly forgot that

a bar stocked with liquor bottles — Photo credit xololounge — Morguefile

“WT at 11 today?” my friend Randy texted one Saturday in mid-July. “WT” is short for Wildcat Tavern, the neighborhood bar where we normally meet every Saturday for brunch.

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I Fell Back Down the Rabbit Hole of Alcohol Abuse

My motto was, “Drink to celebrate, not to escape,” but I quickly forgot that

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