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Lovable by Omission
https://substack.com/home/post/p-187690205“Sobriety looks good on you.” It did, I thought—and it felt good, too. And losing you nearly killed me. Alcohol had me firmly back in its clutches. I’d been so sure that Dean was incentive enough to keep me sober that, when I learned he was coming, I left rehab against medical advice. I lasted…
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For Auld Lang Syne
https://substack.com/home/post/p-187690205Happy New Year. I hope 2026 finds you happy, healthy, and making plans of epic proportion. There’s that word again, woven through everything this time of year—hope. I still believe in hope, but I’ve learned it carries more weight when tethered to something sturdier than the calendar. Not to a date we agree to celebrate…
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Cowboy and Indian
https://substack.com/home/post/p-187690205“What’s the story with this guy we’re after?” Cowboy pushes the brim of his white cowboy hat up as he casts me a backward glance from the driver’s seat of my SUV. “He owes you money or something?” He’s in his late twenties and has the same shoulder-length blond curls and mustache Alan Jackson did…
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As If I Have a Choice
https://substack.com/home/post/p-187690205“Go take the test,” my friend Tiffany says. We’re at my apartment with a couple otherfriends, tequila, margarita mix, and a pregnancy test.The last item is for me.I started seeing my brother Brandon’s friend Cole again. Cole has a five-year-old son.Brandon’s daughter is almost one, and all our friends are married with children. Everyone drinks,which…
Lisa Tannert 