Passionate, loving, driven.
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Funny, annoying and kind.
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Tall, arrogant and loving.
Big dick energy.
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Now, because of my marriage and because since September 2019 I’ve been free of clinical depression.
My husband, Lincoln, for getting sober with me. He turned his own life around to turn mine around. We didn’t do AA, we anchored each other.
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