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Congratulations to MFA candidate Wilson Sims on publication of an essay, .

An excerpt from :

Officially, I’m a Senior Admissions Specialist, employed by a behavioral health company, and my professional objective is to assess the mental health needs of prospective patients and connect them with appropriate forms of care. Unofficially, I’m an addict who stopped doing drugs and started taking these calls. I’m at a desk I bought for a dollar at an estate sale, in a house with roommates I met in rehab, beside a dog who’s rescuing me as much as I am her. I like to think my work is a personal debt being paid down, a labor of love that reimburses in personal worth—and sometimes it is—but more often it seems like I’m an obstruction enforcer or the embodiment of a taunt; a recovering alcoholic who explains to callers and their families why they can’t access or afford their chance to recover.

To learn more about the author, please visit his website, .

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