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“The difference between an alcoholic and a heavy drinker is an alcoholic believes his flaws are sincere but his virtues are fake. A heavy drinker keeps his virtues for himself and cripples others with his flaws.”
Phyl Kennedy, Where Am I Now When I Need Me?
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The next few days were hell personified. Hangover supreme.
Spent them mostly on, under, across the bed. All the while, the booze calling,
“Come, let us fix you.”
Yeah.
At one stage, I came to with the sheets in a noose round my neck. Did not want to ever analyse that. On the bureau was a small photo. Was I hallucinating? Blinked twice but it remained. Approached slowly. It was of a man in a cheap tweed suit, suffering writ large on his face. At the bottom, I read,
“Matt Talbot.”
Crept back to bed after turning the photo f
