"There was a tacit understanding between them that 'liquor helped' growing more miserable with every glass one hoped for the moment of relief."

Addiction, Liquor, Suffering, Pain, Misery

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"There was a tacit understanding between them that 'liquor helped' growing more miserable with every glass one hoped for the moment of relief."

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