e siblings. However, she would go on periodic weekend binges that would start on Thursday night and not end until the next Monday. She was not fired from her job for these binges; they were tolerated because she was a good worker.
Mr. Y left home when he was a teenager, preferring the life on the streets. Periodically he stayed with the families of his friends and it was during one of these relatively stable periods that he met his future wife. However, they had a long history of getting together, breaking up, and reuniting.
Mr. Y had his first child at age 19 with his girlfriend, although they did not get married until later. His children are aged 10, 13, 16, 20, 25, and 28. He and his wife were not actually married until after the second child was born.
They separated for two years before the third child was born because of Mr. Y's drug use. He indicated that although he had always smoked
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