Karen sat in her small, empty one-bedroom apartment, hearing the distant noises from outside that promised the excitement of good times and bad decisions: the alcohol and substance abuse that would eventually lead her to waking up next to a stranger, confused about the aftermath of the night before, knowing that her actions would take her further down a road of frustration and confusion.
She wondered how her life choices had led her to this moment. She had tried to follow a dream that somehow always seemed just out of reach, no matter how hard she tried to grasp it. That dream had brought her here, reveling in the one fact that life had just given up on her as she listened to her conscience confirm what she already knew.
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