Author Archives: Gretchen R.
Can’t Find My Way Home
Image via Wikipedia Come down off your throne and leave your body alone Somebody must change You are the reason I’ve been waiting so long Somebody holds the key Well, I’m near the end and I just ain’t got the … Continue reading
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Rehab Diary: Life During Wartime
Image via Wikipedia We are up to 23 clients in the rehab facility now. The staff is struggling to keep up. This is the most clients they have ever had at one time. Two of the clients are only in … Continue reading
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The Veteran
Image via Wikipedia Hi, my name is Gretchen, and I am an alcoholic. This is a fragment of a thing I wrote while I was in rehab trying to kick the habit I’d developed of being a “closet drunk”, drinking … Continue reading
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Starting Over
Image via Wikipedia Hi, my name is Gretchen, and I am an alcoholic. I really shouldn’t have so much to bitch about. Born an only child, and growing up as something of a “military brat,” I have always been an … Continue reading