First Person – Ambivalence
"Now, whether I have one drink or 10," she admits, "I know I'll still be where I started, in the nook of my sofa with the TV on at half-volume, anxiously biting hangnails."
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by C. Scott McMillin | Mar 25, 2021 | Addiction | 0 |
"Now, whether I have one drink or 10," she admits, "I know I'll still be where I started, in the nook of my sofa with the TV on at half-volume, anxiously biting hangnails."
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But Russians (again like Americans) tend to view the liquor store as an essential business.
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From a patient’s viewpoint, physicians can be somewhat blase’ about risks associated with a medication.
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Willing not only to think outside the box, but to stomp the box flat if need be.
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