a week, only a few minutes
each. I said that therapy extends
beyond the 50-minute session. I’ve
been drinking heavy for years. I just need

someone to care. It was a drastic transition
from seeing him from five hours to one. And his
burn-out made him pull back from me both
physically and emotionally. We didn’t talk about

the fall-out until recently. My running to
the board and threats had made him feel stupid
for giving me a second, then a third chance. My
constant running away and rage also cut down

the intimacy in an extreme way. So, after fourteen
years we’re at a new beginning, each willing
to give a little more, to re-establish the trust that’s
been lost from all those years before.