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    Alcohol Took Everything From Me – A Poem by Sober Curator Danielle Tschernega

    Contributor to The Sober CuratorBy Contributor to The Sober CuratorJune 7, 20211 Min Read
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    Alcohol took everything from me
    Said it was my friend just wait and see
    Let’s be exclusive, secretive, no one can know
    You’ll use me, I’ll love you, pick you up when you are low

    Alcohol took everything from me
    My friends, my family, my dignity
    I felt alone, isolated and betrayed
    Shut in, depressed, lied to – but still you stayed

    Alcohol took everything from me
    You said I’d be happy but I was so sad you see
    Who you really are is a thief so cruel
    Laughing at me cuz I was the fool
    The fool for thinking your lies were true
    But the fool is me, you already knew

    Alcohol took everything from me
    A hollow shell of myself I kept following your lead
    Now I have no one, you wanted it that way
    You do it so often, a MASTER at play


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