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Dear Alcohol,

      Youˈve been around forever. I can remember all the pain youˈve caused for me.

        Do you remember the night you almost took my fatherˈs life? I do. He loves you. Sometimes I think he loves you more than he loves me. Heˈs addicted to you, to the way you promise to rid him of his problems only to cause more of them. You just sat back and laughed as his car went spinning through the street, crashing into two other cars. He wasnˈt the only one hurt by you that night.

    Do you remember the night of my first high school party? You were there. My friends were intrigued by you. They treated you as if they were never going to see you again, drinking all of you that they could. I spent two hours that night helping my friends who had fallen completely. Two 15-year-old girls slept in hospital beds that night thanks to you.

   Do you remember the night when you took advantage of my 17-year-old neighbor who had to drive to pick up his sister from her dance lessons? Do you know how we all felt when he hit another car and killed the two people in the other car? He died the next morning too. His sister walked home from her dance lesson, and passed police cars and a crowd of people gathering on the sidewalk just two blocks away from the dance studio. She didnˈt realize her brother was in the middle of it all. She never saw him again. And itˈs all your fault.

       I wish youˈd walk out of my life forever. I donˈt want anything to do with you. Look at all the pain youˈve caused. Sure, youˈve made people happy too from time to time. But the damage youˈve caused in the lives of millions is inexcusable. Stop luring (引诱) in the people I love. Stop hurting me, please. 

                                                                                                                                                                 Sincerely,  

                                                                                                                                                               Anonymous