World War I: Personal Narrative

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TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: THE NIGHT OF MY ACCIDENT I NOT ONLY PUT MYSELF IN DANGER, BUT EVERYONE ELSE ON THE ROAD AS WELL. IT TOOK ME A FEW DAYS FOR WHAT THE FULL MAGNITUDE OF MY ACTIONS WERE AND COULD HAVE BEEN. WHAT THEY WERE, WERE I HAD TO FACE MY PARENTS, MY FRIENDS, AND THE JUDGE AND OPNELY ADMIT TO MY ALCHOHOL ABUSE AND DWI. WHAT THEY COULD HAVE BEEN WAS MUCH WORSE THAN I’D LIKE TO ADMIT. I’VE BEEN ABLE TO GAIN SOME PERSPECTIVE ON THE WHOLE PARADIGM THAT WAS MY ACCIDENT. I ATTRIBUTE THIS PERSPECTIVE TO MY MENTORS IN MY OUTPATIENT REHAB WHICH I COMPLETED, MY FRIENDS AT A.A WHICH I AM A MEMBER, AND TO MY INDIVIDUAL COUNSELORS WHO I SEE ON A REGULAR BASIS. THE SCARY TRUTH IS THAT I COULD HAVE KILLED SOMEONE AND OR MYSELF. THAT I COULD
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