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An angina attack 300 metres below the summit ridge of Everest in 2005, having spent 72 days getting that far.
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Relapsing. I usually spend eight, nine, 10 months sober, then I’ll spend a day relapsing and I get disappointed. But it never lasts too long. I get back up and try again.
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Not pitching a perfect game in baseball to win the World Series.
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Not having a 32-inch waist for most of my adult life.
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People who have ghosted me for my politics.
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