15 minutes
January 2026 | Stories for Day Counters | Featured Section

15 minutes

This newcomer was desperate to stop drinking, but days and hours were too much to handle

At the end of the meeting, they read the Promises. “We think not,” they all said in unison, like some kind of nutty liturgy. In fact, I knew these things were extravagant. The same way I knew so many other things. I knew I was wasting my time.

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