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That’s Not My Experience

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Years ago, I met a woman who, when she was disagreeing with her partner, would tell him, "That's not my reality."  She had a way of saying it that implied there was a real Reality (hers) and some alternate Crazytown Reality (his).  You had only to hear [...]

Withdrawal

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I remember watching TV when I was about seven or eight and seeing what must have been an after school special in which a character stopped drinking alcohol and got "the DTs." His eyes bulged in panic as he tried to swat invisible bugs from his [...]