addiction & recovery
I got sober on January 1st, 2016. Before and since, life has been a hell of a roller coaster. I’ve written during panic attacks in the depths of addiction, and while riding the pink cloud in early recovery. It’s all real, it’s sometimes shit, sometimes great, and it all passes.
I’ve written about others’ addiction as well, such as growing up with an alcoholic father, and the ongoing ripples that effect the lives of myself and my family to this day.
I hope that my experience can help others, including those fighting their own battles with addiction or family members of addicts. Addiction isn’t easy to understand, and it tears lives apart, but there is always hope. Anyone can change if they want to.
Some selections include Trigger Warnings for descriptions of sexual assault and domestic violence.
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filament.
a poem about losing a friend.
Count the days
A poem about achieving 5 years of sobriety and the passage of time.
Complex-PTSD: CiCi’s Story
How the brain is affected by PTSD, what Chronic PTSD is, and my relationship with it, including my diagnosis, symptoms, and how I cope.
2019 | a year in photos
A photo essay covering my sober birthday and surgery in January, celebrating my anniversary, getting a puppy and loads of traveling!
This is not a good poem
Why am I not writing?
There is too much to say,
And I’m still learning the language.
AiR at the Cathedral
I’m proud to announce my second exhibition with Artists in Recovery at the Newcastle Cathedral!
my first exhibition
I am thrilled to announce that I am a part of Artists in Recovery and have the opportunity to share my work in this new and exciting way.