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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bleeding out
Bleeding out is a poem I wrote during a panic attack, describing physical manifestations of the emotions I experience during these episodes.
everything
I wrote this poem on a dare- President Obama said ‘can I live’ in a BuzzFeed video, a friend and I latched on to it, and it took on a life of its own.
dead ringer
Dead Ringer is a poem about recovery, and how when you stop using whatever your vice is, all the feelings you’ve been supressing come rushing back.
oblivion
Oblivion is a poem I wrote when attempting recovery for the first time. It’s an open letter to my mother, asking for the strength to see it through.
visceral
Visceral is a poem about admitting I have an alcohol problem for the first time and attending my first 12 Step Meeting where I got my first 24 hour chip.
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