Coping Has a Cost

What you call “coping” might be quietly becoming the thing that’s costing you.
Brooke is in nursing school, trying to become the kind of person who understands what the body is saying before it’s too late. But after losing her mom suddenly, grief doesn’t leave politely. It lingers. It gets quiet. Then it finds somewhere to go.
For Brooke, it starts with wine.
Not recklessness.Not rebellion.Relief.
Two glasses becomes a routine. Routine becomes a secret. And the secret gets harder to hide when her little sister Avery says the sentence Brooke can’t outrun:
“I’m really tired of being the only…