Stories tagged “rehab”
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Pyro's Anonymous
Hello, my name is Charlie and I am a pyromaniac. I used to just watch fire, for hours on end, watch it dance and perform, just for me. Then one day I picked up a lighter and never put it down. The flames cheered for me, and raised me up as their god. I...
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Busted Hands and Red Paint
Joe had quick hands. Had. Running a brush across a piece of thick paper in slow, jerky lines, he gritted his teeth. Painting was good for him, part of his rehab. He sighed. He had worked hard for an obscure skill set. They’ll be back, he thought,...
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Alcoholic cirrhosis
“I don’t have a disease, I’m just concluding a very long slump in my life. It’s behind me.” Mr. Doe’s words were not original as he spoke to the attendees that Saturday morning. After copious amounts of cheap wine an...
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Legal Crack
Her head crackled and sputtered while the internal input camera rushed to put the pictures into the proper order and move on to the next shattered images and sort them, too. Meanwhile, her skin crawled and bucked simply NEEDING to peel itself back to r...
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freaks on Friday
My roommate Megan got arrested at a library. -Cigarette, Cigarette. Meds. I have to hand Amber from staff a razor with pubic hair still lodged in it over the shower door while I’m naked and wet. -Cigarette. CLEANING YOUR LIVING SPACE TWICE A DAY ...
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freaks on Friday
My roommate Megan got arrested at a library. -Cigarette, Cigarette. Meds. I have to hand Amber from staff a razor with pubic hair still lodged in it over the shower door while I’m naked and wet. -Cigarette. CLEANING YOUR LIVING SPACE TWICE A DAY PROM...