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Joan Watson ([personal profile] formersurgeon) wrote in [community profile] trashchildren 2021-06-30 06:36 am (UTC)

"Right. Basically I lived with people who were making the transition from rehab to everyday life. I got into it because I had some personal experience dealing with addiction. I had a boyfriend who was an addict. He became an addict while we were together, so I saw first hand what it did to him." She gives him a small, sad smile. "My mother never understood why I chose the job. She was convinced I was paying penance for being unable to save Liam. That was my boyfriend. And...she was probably at least a little right. But I was good at it. I helped a lot of people."

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