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Drug overdoses killed more Americans in 2016 than people killed in the Vietnam War which roughly killed over 58,000 US soldiers. How much bigger does addiction need to get in order for people to consider it important?

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“You’re worth it.”

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I used to have three group messages dedicated to friends I partied with; we’d message each other daily to make plans. I used to take my homework to the bars and work on it between drinks and conversation. I used to have a peppermint candle by my bed that I loved, but I had to throw it away because every time I smelled it I thought of lying awake with the spins and I’d start to gag.

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The past three years of my life were mostly made up of blurry images, of not remembering exactly what happened, of waking up every day trying to recall the events of the night before.

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You may not be at full-blown alcoholism yet, but if it looks like that is the direction you are heading in you can do something to change it now.

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Many people believe that they only have a problem with alcohol if they drink every day or if they drink when they’re alone, but this is not the case. Here are some very real signs that your relationship with drinking is becoming problematic

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When it’s a small expense, it seems like it makes no difference at all — but it adds up fast.

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You are teaching women that it’s not okay to feel how they want to feel. Drunk Text, you convinced me that it was unheard of for me to text a guy I was interested in to tell him he had nice eyes and a great beard unless I was stumbling into a cab. Let me tell you something, Drunk Text, I am a lot of things…and good with men just isn’t one of them!