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On Abusing Alcohol (opens the original)
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I had my first drink when I was 14. I blacked out for the first time when I was 16. By 20, I was drinking enough that by any standard definition I was an alcoholic. In my late twenties, I stopped completely for 365 days, mostly because I wanted to know if I could. Now I drink a few nights a week.I have had almost every version of a relationship with alcohol. Many great nights, some horrific nights, and a handful of nights I cannot remember.I have embarrassed myself, hurt people, laughed until my
The Loudest Man in the Room (opens the original)
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Several people come to mind when writing this essay. I can hear their voices now.Give this man twenty minutes, and you will know everything and nothing about him. What his hobbies are, who his friends are, what their hobbies are. Some of them are business owners, athletes, or in law enforcement. None of them are in the room, but somehow they have all been recruited to the conversation.The stories this man tells are rarely lies, at least not seemingly. If they were, that would almost be easier to
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