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The Middle Lane: Alcohol-Free Living for Successful Men Who Are Stuck, and Silently Struggling
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Langa Mthethwa wasn’t at rock bottom.
He was doing well at work, keeping it together, exercising through the week.
But every Friday to Sunday, the pattern kicked in. Heavy drinking from Friday night into Saturday, up again by 10 or 11 on Saturday morning, through the day, out again Saturday night, hair of the dog on Sunday, and by Monday he was shot. By Wednesday he’d feel normal again — just…