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Submitted to Contest #158
Warning: This story has themes of substance abuse and mental health. My mother has always told me that I was “too much” and I never really knew what that meant until people in my life and around me started to utter the same two words. Too much. What does that even mean? In what context does that make sense? It’s strange what will come to mind when you are tumbling towards rock bottom. “Do you really need to leave?” My throat was burning as I fought back tears. “We have already talked through everything and can’t come to a conclusio...
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