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Category: Addiction

66 Twos and threes (1989)

May 22, 2021

He laughed, a laughed. That didnae happen often in thae days.
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64 – Healed people help people

Jan 21, 2021

“We take broken down men with no hope…and we give them hope.” … More 64 – Healed people help people

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63 – We are family (2020)

Nov 18, 2020

“We’ve never really spoke about how I felt growing up with an addict as a brother and all the issues that came with it. ” … More 63 – We are family (2020)

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60 – One moment in time (2008)

Jul 16, 2020

Tracy and I have seen the faithfulness of God in ways which we knew in theory, that is the Bible told us. but now we know for ourselves that so many of His promises are true. … More 60 – One moment in time (2008)

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59 – Ingredients (2008)

Jul 15, 2020

I did it! I finally did it! Through the clouds of my mind and my own (indulgent) low self esteem in this area of my private universe, I came up with a success. Now this was not a universe shattering, Sky News Headlines sort of success, but that is all relative anyway. … More 59 – Ingredients (2008)

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Leg kicks

Dec 2, 2019

last time it was barbed
pulling my skin
ripping and tugging
blood from there … More Leg kicks

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58 Weekend at Baird Street (1986-89)

Nov 26, 2019

“No matter your opinion of how cushy prisons maybe, a police station cell door clunking closed behind you, with the noise moving in waves around you, let you know you were going nowhere. Neither that day nor in life.” … More 58 Weekend at Baird Street (1986-89)

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57 – Hole in the wall (1977)

Sep 29, 2019

“um told us to gather up our stuff (we had not been there long enough to have much). She kept anxiously switching between staring out the living room window and going through the front door to the close entrance, watching for something. If any of us asked what was wrong we would get the “nothing” reply. ” … More 57 – Hole in the wall (1977)

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55 – FINALLY Understanding Education (1989)

Jul 9, 2019

” By the summer I had my own council flat, ingesting copious amounts of speed, and had nearly overdosed, on paracetamol. ” … More 55 – FINALLY Understanding Education (1989)

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52 Free (drugs or life)

Apr 13, 2019

ALL I WANT
is normality
And yet you give me smack but dress it up
As a cure to make you feel better … More 52 Free (drugs or life)

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51 Stewarding Stuart – The Celtic Connection part 2 (1991)

Mar 22, 2019

“My first game I turn up at Celtic Park and meet with all the others the stewards in the upstairs of the old Celtic Pools Office building. It’s the 25th November and Celtic are playing Rangers. What a start!” … More 51 Stewarding Stuart – The Celtic Connection part 2 (1991)

51 Stewarding Stuart – The Celtic Connection part 2 (1991)

50 – Stewarding Stuart (The Celtic Connection part 1)

Mar 12, 2019

“My dad would have called himself a supporter but didn’t really go to many games. Gary did. No 4 up the Celtic end was our normal place…” … More 50 – Stewarding Stuart (The Celtic Connection part 1)

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19 – That’s Handy (Part 2)

Feb 17, 2018

“It is amazing how addicts learn to push all this aside in the quest for the treasure we seek. I had not had heroin now in over a week. My mind was doing cartwheels in anticipation.” … More 19 – That’s Handy (Part 2)

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