CALLAHAN UNBOTTLED For Bobby I think I was an alcoholic waiting fo r a place . to happen. The very first time I drank I got drunk (Age 11). A fter that I drank anything I could get my hands on. Once I started drinking I couldn’t stop. Often I got sick. I couldn’t imagine life without alcohol. Restless and bored when sober, I managed to quit fo r briefperiods but I fe l t tentative about my sobriety. Booze made me feel normal and uninhibited. It gave me courage to do things I could never do sober. molester who looked like Peter Lorre. I always did silly things while drunk: A . Ill advised sexual encounters32 Clinton St. Quarterly—Summer, 1987 BY JOHN CALLAHAN
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