It hasn't escaped my attention that this is an unpopular story, at under 250 views and a 17 to 7 Up/Down Vote Ratio, and I'm wondering why. From what I can tell, it's for a few reasons.

(1) It's very much about Cheerilee, even though some other canon characters figure in the flashback sequences. Notably, none of the flashbacks feature major canon characters: but rather Big Mac, the future Mayor Mare, and Cup Cake.

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Some of you may not get the direct announcement because Chapter 2 already hiccup-published, but I have now posted Chapter 2 "On a Downward Path" of Hitting Rock Bottom. Cheerilee recovers from the night she can but vaguely recall, while remembering how her mother descended into her own drink-sodden degradation.