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The Act of Returning to Normal
I looked up recovery in a thesaurus and it was alternately defined as "the act of returning to normal." A few months ago I received my one year coin. Despite thinking I would also achieve nirvana, I am beginning to realize how much work is to be done. It is good, clean work though and I'm really happy to be here. Oh yeah...and my name is Tara.
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