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but they couldn’t disguise
the stench of death.
2) My water breaking, mid-Walmart…
Contractions,
uterine lightning
bolts, striking
immediately
and not letting
up for 18 hours.
And …
The #1 Worst Thing
about those seven months:
My steady, needful, forever
relationship with the monster.
Learning
that “addiction” is much more
than a buzzword.
Discovering
how very much it applied
to my “me first” psyche.
Struggling
not to give in to inner voices
much stronger than my own.
Winning
most of the time, gritting my
teeth and “just saying no.”
Losing
in those moments
when the world
I’d created for myself