Maybe I Should Have Picked Up

A story about the harsh realities of recovery

Russ W
Mental Health and Addictions Community
12 min readAug 7, 2021

You could see it in her face. Her eyebrows pinched downward and her eyes narrowed as she targeted Sam with a tractor beam of disdain. We all knew she was pissed, but none of us knew what was coming next.

“You think this is a joke?! You’d better listen up,” she blared, forcing her eyes into each of ours. “Look to

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Russ W
Mental Health and Addictions Community

Recovering marketing leader on his 2nd life. Addiction therapist with an alphabet soup of degrees. Writer. Creative. Human. Hit me up: russ.w.medium@gmail.com