"Life is very interesting... in the end, some of your greatest pains, become your greatest strengths." - Drew BarrymoreDespite promising Bailey that he was going to get clean, Ben had somewhat taken the long way around. Once he’d left the hospital, Bailey’s words had resounded with him… that he had to get clean for himself. It couldn’t just be for Bailey or for Ava, because that wasn’t good enough. It had to be Ben’s decision and because he was ready and wanted to do it. So he’d walked down from Bailey’s room to the hospital’s addiction center, and stood outside for a long time. He was pretty oblivious to the fact that he was pretty obviously a mess until one of the nurses going into the center stopped outside to ask him if he was okay. “Yeah, I’m good,” Ben had assured her, a little too quickly, as if trying to convince himself as much as her. The nurse didn’t give him a look or anything, but Ben could tell that she thought he should come in. He couldn’t really blame her for thinking that, either. He did look like hell. There was no question about that.
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