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3. One of the most amazing transformations . Guy I worked for. Heavy alcoholic.

Fri Jul 29, 2022, 11:08 PM

Jul 2022

Friday nights, end of the work week, were heavy drunk nights for him, until two in the morning when the bars closed.

One day, he just stopped drinking: Cold. No A.A., no priests, no doctors or hospital for rehab or detox. He just stopped drinking.

He also stopped cursing. Not so much as a hell or a damn.

And he went to 6 O'clock mass EVERY morning, until dementia set in and he couldn't drive anymore.

None of us every asked him why.

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