Most people nod and don’t know what to say when you say you’re getting sober. It’s like getting pregnant in your mid-20’s. Is it congratulations, or indicative of a darker turn we didn’t know about that will get rougher in the future? There has been slight proudness and well wishes. It is mostly just awkward glances or words unsaid that people don’t want to peer into. Maybe they just don’t know how to.

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“I’ve been thinking about this while thinking about my purpose, my meaning, my reason to pretend to integrate into the world like the rest of us do. I’ve returned with nothing but the realization that our lives are just different reflections, different rooms, different streets on the same land.”

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