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The bus driver was pushing the brakes too hard...
It happened on a cool October evening in 1965...
I got a blow to my flank, between my ribs and hip area, that left me breathless...
On Monday morning, April 3, 2023, I had a cold and decided to eat an orange and take ibuprofen...
I was 13 years old...
I contracted three strains of the mosquito-borne disease (dengue fever) while was working in Mexico...
This has bothered me all my life: I was about 4 years old...
I overdosed on multiple types of drugs...
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I wrecked my motorcycle after avoiding getting hit by a car...
In 2016, I experimented with IV opiates for the first and last time...
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I was drinking vodka straight out of the bottle...
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I gave blood at my church's bloodmobile...
