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Gillian Branstetter

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I quit drinking last year when it became clear we were headed to a SCOTUS challenge focused on trans health care not because I think I'm so important to that fight that I need to be in my most sober prime but because it was making me absolutely miserable and why would I voluntarily add more misery

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Jaeda Rising 🔥 🕊️ 's avatar Jaeda Rising 🔥 🕊️ @jaedarising.bsky.social
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I’m very nervous about this

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Gillian Branstetter's avatar Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social
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Just talking to these families and their kids and they're all so gracious and so human and I could just feel alcohol making me less gracious and less human. It was making me bitter and dumb. I can't write about hope and optimism--which we desperately need--while killing myself.

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O’fan's avatar O’fan @omensfan.bsky.social
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Thanks for all you do. This is a good piece www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

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