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Weekly Contest #221
It was during my fall term. The leaves were turning and the Oregon weather was becoming more depressing by the minute. Obviously as a young adult freshly in the throes of the freedom that college allows, I was drinking on the regular. My dorm had a policy of no drinking, of course. I was underage, but I was not going to be one of the kids who followed those rules. I was using partying as my coping mechanism to forget all the things I needed to feel. Much like the woman who birthed me. Including the ones that came before her. This was th...
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