A bit of column A, a bit of column B
Also a lot of "real" stories being an unreliable narrator that only sees things from their own perspective. People are fucking terrible at noticing their own bullshit.
And where did OP meet Mr Dump Hoskins? Oh this was her old drug dealer back when she was addicted to Xanax and he swears he cleaned up now but she's also not sure that's totally totally true. And she's totally clean except for the alcohol and gambling but the fight wasn't about how she stole all his drug money to pay off a gambling debt... Because he didn't discover that yet.