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the duration of her pregnancy IF she gets pregnant.
I actually visualized a white woman in both stories.
Addiction and alcoholism are so widespread that we all have connections to it in a variety of ways.
Actions have consequences. I've watched someone kill themselves with alcohol while everyone did all they could to stop and help her (nice, middle class white woman - my sister).
Meanwhile, her actions tortured not only herself but everyone else too. The idea of her doing it not only to herself but to her kids is unimaginable but happens frequently. Society doesn't have to approve and give a pass to habitual offenders.
I wish you could talk to some of the people that work with the babies with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. If that didn't happen to your friend, well, thank God.
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