Gusmas 2012 Title: Words of Wisdom Author:jule1122 Prompt: Losers
As each person in the circle spoke, Ted tried to concentrate on what they were saying instead of dreading his turn to speak. The counselor had started a discussion of things they’d lost to drugs, and Ted wasn’t ready to face his list of failures.
One of the angrier members of the group, Mark Ted thought, interrupted. “It’s not about what we lost. We’re just a bunch of losers. We started taking drugs because we’re losers. We couldn’t handle drugs because we’re losers. And we’ll probably start using again because we’re losers.”