* from Swede Burns at https://www.elitefts.com/
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BY WAY OF INTRODUCTION - First, you need to read the first two chapters of this story to understand this one. Go down to the link and click it there: you will find the links to the other two, if you did not already read them.
This is a great story. It would be worth reading just for that. But it's value goes beyond: once the subjective experience of dealing with severe injury is shared, the reader is empowered with new tools to face what will inevitably happen sometime: another injury.
Enjoy
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The second chapter of this story gave us a peek at how bad things can get. Losing control of faculties, losing consciousness, vomiting, screaming like a crazy person: all of these are well and good on a Friday night, or your 21st birthday. But when you are a completely sober adult in your 30's and in the middle of a work day, not so much.


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