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Alcoholics Quote by Stan Getz

“I had a 10-year heroin habit and kicked that. Then I became an alcoholic. I drank two fifth's a day.” quote by Stan Getz — Download Open image

“I had a 10-year heroin habit and kicked that. Then I became an alcoholic. I drank two fifth's a day.”

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