My father was completely sliver by the time he was 50.

Silver is encroaching on me from every direction.

My father was an alcoholic.

I took my last drink 21 years ago.

My father committed slow, indirect suicide.

Tick tock.

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Jim Mitchem

The Edge of Innocence
Why I Love New Yorkers

Jim Mitchem

Writer. Father to daughters. Husband. Ad man. Raised by wolves. @jmitchem on twitter. First novel, Minor King, out now.

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