Years in and out of treatment. Clean months here and there. Inevitably he slips. Slides. Crashes.
Then a long stretch. He attends family events, sees his brother married, the birth of his niece. But then another slip. He lives rough, existing on cigarettes, candy, Coca-Cola.
Resurfacing, he admits Emergency Medical Services brought him back twice.
“I’m one of the lucky ones”. This time he is determined to quit. He has started painting again. It is a new year, a new life. Time to celebrate. L’chaim.
A phone rings at 3 am.
Even the lucky man runs out of luck eventually.
Then a long stretch. He attends family events, sees his brother married, the birth of his niece. But then another slip. He lives rough, existing on cigarettes, candy, Coca-Cola.
Resurfacing, he admits Emergency Medical Services brought him back twice.
“I’m one of the lucky ones”. This time he is determined to quit. He has started painting again. It is a new year, a new life. Time to celebrate. L’chaim.
A phone rings at 3 am.
Even the lucky man runs out of luck eventually.
