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Addiction & Recovery

marble falls

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4. We're thinning out. What keeps me in check is that it's all part of the deal to be here ...

Reply to bif (Original post)

Thu May 15, 2025, 11:18 AM

May 2025

... I'd rather to have been here with an attic full of good memories with the pains and sorrows that accompany news of others, than to die relieved of all emotional pain and all by myself, untouched by life.

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Several deaths have made it a rough month [View all] bif May 2025 OP

You know what to do MuseRider May 2025 #1

Stay strong TexLaProgressive May 2025 #2

sorry to hear. and, yeah, a rough patch still constitutes a rough patch stopdiggin May 2025 #3

We're thinning out. What keeps me in check is that it's all part of the deal to be here ... marble falls May 2025 #4

My deepest condolences. CrispyQ May 2025 #5

Good idea! bif May 2025 #6

Sorry for your losses. Clouds Passing May 2025 #7

Thanks all! bif May 2025 #8