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mum.
i told my mother
i was 84 days sober
last weekend.

i was very proud
of myself,
and had survived
my first sober
social outing.

she smiled wanly
before commenting
dryly that 84 days sounds
like the same amount
of time since
i'd moved out of
their house.

the ease at which
she can steal the wind
from my sails ...