Recovery

Where to even begin? I can't just flip a switch. Even if I could, would I? I've been smoking too much this morning, I've got a nicotine headache so it's hard to...

Ok, so I'm feeling like I can't do this. It all just feels like so much and there's so much doubt in my mind and I'm picking myself apart. What other thought...

One thing I know I do is I tend to reward myself with things that tend to off-set my accomplishments. Eg. I've refrained from buying so much fast food this mont...

I think of you and my heart races The butterflies come and I am taken back to all the times I felt young Free, reckless and wild Climbing out windows on a...

i grew up in a toxic family, my parents didnt want me and they made sure i knew. My sisters thought i was insignificant and told me often, my brother wish i was...

It's like moments like these where everything feels so overwhelming, my emotions are numb and tears cannot escape my eyes-- but as soon as the rain begins to po...

What can I accomplish in 5 minutes today? It's a question that seems like such a small task, yet depression can make a mountain out of a mole hill. I just...

I was in my apartment today and I had a thought that jolted me like a lightning bolt. The first home I’ve ever been able to be truly happy in is the one I cre...

Hey Dear Lil' Old Me, I'mma cut right to the chase because you don't need fancy, long, pretty words. Nah, not this time.. I know things look really bad. The...

This was all a decade ago when my mom was an active alcoholic. I was basically her caretaker, although no one 'forced' the role upon me. I made her meals, esc...