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Twelve Steps by Nina Roselle

I acknowledge that I am powerless.
My throat is so dry.
My life is unmanageable.
My hands are shaking. I should call someone.
There is something more powerful…
Today, twelve steps are eleven too many.
I ponder the bottle of tequila in front of me and reach for a glass.




Nina Roselle lives in a little town in North Carolina, where she works, writes, and cooks - sometimes all in one day. Her stories have been published in Every Day Fiction, Dew on the Kudzu, and With Painted Words. Like almost all writers, she is working on a book.