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Chapter 3- Dawn
"Mom, can Sharona come over after school today?" asked Dawn's 15-year-old daughter Lily over the phone.
"Yeah sure, whatever hunni," said Dawn.
"Thank mom. I love you!" replied Lily.
Dawn got up from her seat in front of the TV and went to the kitchen cabinet. She took out a big bottle of vodka and began to drink, straight from the bottle. Just one more drink, she thought, and then I'll go and get ready for Lily's friend coming over.
She walked up the stairs, sat down on the corner of her bed and collapsed.
Dawn was an alcoholic. She started drinking five years ago, when her husband left her, and it had gotten worse three years ago when she found out Mary Anne had committed suicide. She just couldn't believe that if it wasn't for her Mary Anne would still be alive. She hated herself for it and would have killed herself too, but she had Lily to think about and she didn't want to put her baby through the pain. So she drank instead. She always meant to go to an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting but it was too far from home so she didn't.
When she regained consciousness she heard voices coming from downstairs.
"Lily hun, is that you?" she called out.
"Yes mum," she came up the stairs and into the room.
"This came for you," she said thrusting a letter at her mother," I think you'll be happy with what it says."
Dawn picked up the letter and began to read.
"OMG!!!" she screamed, "I'm going to see the babysitters club!"
Chapter 3- Dawn
"Mom, can Sharona come over after school today?" asked Dawn's 15-year-old daughter Lily over the phone.
"Yeah sure, whatever hunni," said Dawn.
"Thank mom. I love you!" replied Lily.
Dawn got up from her seat in front of the TV and went to the kitchen cabinet. She took out a big bottle of vodka and began to drink, straight from the bottle. Just one more drink, she thought, and then I'll go and get ready for Lily's friend coming over.
She walked up the stairs, sat down on the corner of her bed and collapsed.
Dawn was an alcoholic. She started drinking five years ago, when her husband left her, and it had gotten worse three years ago when she found out Mary Anne had committed suicide. She just couldn't believe that if it wasn't for her Mary Anne would still be alive. She hated herself for it and would have killed herself too, but she had Lily to think about and she didn't want to put her baby through the pain. So she drank instead. She always meant to go to an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting but it was too far from home so she didn't.
When she regained consciousness she heard voices coming from downstairs.
"Lily hun, is that you?" she called out.
"Yes mum," she came up the stairs and into the room.
"This came for you," she said thrusting a letter at her mother," I think you'll be happy with what it says."
Dawn picked up the letter and began to read.
"OMG!!!" she screamed, "I'm going to see the babysitters club!"