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Alcohol

  • May 10, 2016
  • by Laurence Rivers
The all encompassing nature of alcohol abuse is more of a time filler than anything worthwhile.
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Giving up Alcohol

  • September 20, 2015
  • by Jason Jackson
I stand for a while with the glass in my hand, and then I throw it against the wall. Giving up alcohol is tough but I’m one day off four months sober.
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Lance the gentleman shapeshifter

  • February 8, 2015
  • by Ben Dunant
Down and out in London but way too skint to make it to Paris we introduce lance, the gentleman shapeshifter.
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