“I have done my best to share the emotions and memories of my journey with you. It has not been easy. I want it to be real for you as it was for me. I want it to be felt. I want it to be honest. I want you to see what can happen. I want you to know, you’re not alone, someone who needs it. Like I needed it.”
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‘She sat down and said, “I will be here. The dogs will be here. You want us to be in your life, right?”
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“Yes.”
“You can keep us here. Nobody will leave you as long as you close that door. You can’t keep alcohol in your life.” Her eyes grew wider. “You can have anything you want in this world, without alcohol. Every door is open, except that one. But when you open that door, every other door closes—some of them forever.”
She wasn’t threatening me. She was right. She was just being real. ‘
‘Here I was again, walking into the arena. My three headed demon wasn’t behind the door anymore. I could taste his pungent odor in the air. I’m finally face to face with the beast; an innocuous, inhuman, spellbinding power. Death is your only stop – the billboards read on my way to hell, like the message my wife sent me the day prior. I was ready for it to be me.’
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