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When Sobriety Meets Economic Reality in Your Old Environment

I've been clean for two years but moved back to my old neighborhood because it's all I can afford and I see my dealer on the corner every day when I walk to work.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Recovery ideals confront the harsh mathematics of limited choices and systemic poverty.

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