The Only Way Out is Through

100-word story

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Turning rent money into whiskey used to sound daring, even romantic in a stupid way, but nowadays the idea makes me cringe in anticipatory fear of a hangover.

I guess age makes cowards of us all.

Or me, at least.

I remember when I bought into the idea that alcohol helped, but those days are long gone. Still, I’ve listened …