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Alcohol Never Solved My Problems

But is sobriety any better?

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Benya Clark
Jul 12, 2022
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Drinking to Forget

The truth is that alcohol never solved a single one of my problems.

So, why was it that every time something went wrong in my life, my first instinct was to get drunk? Why, even after a year of sobriety, did I still crave a drink each time that I got upset?

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