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Flying before the crash

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Rob Archer
Oct 27, 2008
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I was in heaven.

The despair began to lift. It was a brighter day. Things were turning around. I could take the gun out of my mouth and save my suicide solution for another time.

I got gas at $3.02 a gallon last night. I was ecstatic as I drove away from the pump, feeling like I'd just won the lottery, that life was getting better.

But then it hit me... I …

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