"Don't let it consume you."
A recovering alcoholic’s journey lurches into a nightmare tailspin during a global crisis. Sober for only a few months, her sanity erodes as the demon in her brain drags her deeper and deeper into a vortex of madness.
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Jackie Kelly
Renee/Connie
Jason Christ
Alan
Marcella Miller
Abbey
Eric Stanze
Paxton Caine
Emily Haack
Nun/Nurse/Fingernails
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