Being from the Midwest, I would say that I like that East Coast mentality, it's more direct. What you see is what you get.
“I'd had episodes before, but I swept them under the carpet. This time, I couldn't do that because everyone knew. I got on with the hard work of getting better and haven't had a blip in almost 10 years.”
“I'm officially middle-aged. I don't need drugs anymore, thank God. I can get the same effect just by standing up real fast.”