Charlie said that I’m not on his list of weak people. But I don’t know if I am strong enough to beat a craving. And I don’t want to find out. My dad and my uncle have made the same decision as me with painkillers. Alcoholism runs in the Hale and Meadows families. You know that. Everyone knows that. My dad has lectured me about addiction my entire goddamn life, and I’m terrified to awaken that monster inside of me. It’s been dormant for twenty-two years.
