Pearl W. Versus Crack

Randy Olson

The Pittsburgh Press

After they allow her back into the program, one of Pearl's peers finds a towel blackened by hair dye. Pearl says she isn't responsible and the group questions her for an hour until she is caught in a lie. The counselor jokes, 'You know the first sign that an addict is lying? Their lips are moving.'

Randy Olson, "Pearl W. Versus Crack," in POYi Archive, Item #19547, http://archive.poy.org/items/show/19547 (accessed November 23, 2024).