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get home from the digs in time to have my glass and a half of wine. I got involved in politics. 1 thought I needed to return to my roots and so 1 got a job on a farm. 1 was trying to fill my life so 1 could keep away from the bottle. 1 was trying to calm down because 1 believed then I wouldn’t need to drink.
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