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Ill be OK if my wife will just stop nagging me.
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I plan to take my sobriety 1 day at a time.
D. I wont need AA after I am sober for 1 year. ____ 5. Your 42-year-old patient in the alcohol treatment unit tells you she often cant remember events while she was drinking. What is this most likely an example of?
