2AM: Facing My Reflection
One might characterize my behavior as “an impending disaster.” They wouldn’t be wrong. But how did I get there?
Topic: addiction
The Poetry Bandit: Stealing Back My Love of Writing From Alcoholism
Why couldn’t I just drink normally? Why couldn’t I stop after one glass, one beer—or even two? Heck, why couldn’t I go a whole Monday without pouring myself, four to six glasses before my lunch even arrived at the restaurant?
The Reality of Addiction and How You Can Help
Getting sober is incredibly hard. Staying sober feels impossible most days. Trying to get sober again after a relapse is like trying to punch a volcano into submission.
Demi Lovato Is Only Human: Recovery, Relapse, and Response
Demi Lovato is only human. It feels important to start with that. It’s a simple fact, indisputable, but it’s one that can be easily overlooked.
It’s OK to Take a Step Back
Today
Today, I woke up. Despite wishing before I went to sleep that I wouldn't.
On Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain: Vulnerable People Do Not Always Look Vulnerable
It’s easy to believe that fame, professional success, wealth, or adoration can protect people from pain, but that is not true. Addiction doesn’t discriminate. Depression doesn’t care if you’re great at what you do.
You Deserve to Live
All three of these times, when I made the decision to jeopardize my own existence, I truly wanted to die. In those moments, I believed that whatever I was going through—coming to terms with my sexuality, breakups, fights with friends, bad decisions—was worth ending my life.
Traveling the World Sober
Everything I saw, every person I encountered, all of the delicious food (and gelato) I consumed, and every memory I captured on film or in my journal, would not have been same had I been hindered by alcohol.
The Response You Deserve
It takes a boldness to say that your brain is sick. That you need help. That you can’t do whatever this is alone anymore.
The Stigma of Heroin Addiction and the Expanding Epidemic
Nobody knows better than the mother of a heroin addict that stigma breeds death.
Why I Stopped Drinking
My sobriety story isn’t typical. I wasn’t addicted to drugs or pills or alcohol. I wouldn’t say I had an “addiction” at all.
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