Neither more nor less

We had hoped for better . She did try to leave . She was gone for almost 3 days . She says that she attempted to enter a detox program but that after minimal treatment , that is a good sobering-up , she was turned out to the street from which she had come .

We just spoke with her on avenue A as she was entering a drug store to buy batteries for her radio . She wanted to be able to listen to some tunes , as she was later having a cocktail or two .