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Nothing'sOff The Table
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She nearly lost her arm twice and still didn't stop

Her first drink was at 14. A trauma bond pulled her into opiates. The infections nearly cost her an arm, a foot and her life.

Lauren took her first drink at fourteen. What pulled her into opiates was a trauma bond, and the line she keeps coming back to is the one about the first time someone else put a needle in her arm.

The infections that followed nearly cost her an arm and a foot. Neither of them was the thing that made her stop.

This is one of the hardest listens in the library and one of the most honest about how little consequences matter while the addiction is still running the show.