Ronnie Earl / Sobriety Freedom
Nice Try, Part III: You Think You Know Me, But You Don't
Rea Bochner / The Cape House
“Instant enlightenment,” Jake says, disgusted, on the bus home from Nijmegen.
Read MoreNice Try, Pt. II: Thanks for Trying
Rea Bochner / The Cape House
There was this one night, though, after reading the Dalai Lama, when I parked myself on my bed and resolved to sit in meditation until something happened.
Read MoreNice Try, Pt. I: More Than This
That Time I Shat Myself in Huddersfield
Customs or, The Time an African Dictator Cut My Hair
Young Sung Hero
The phone call from my aunt offering to pay for me to go to Africa to reacquaint myself with my father felt like a call from heaven itself. I could run away from myself or so I thought.
Read MoreWarning: May Contain Misery
Sondra Primeaux / The Unruffled
Sleeved in melancholy, certain smells always deliver the exact emotion they are meant to evoke. And there we want to stew and writhe in the bittersweetness of time we can't recover.
Read MoreI Know a Lot About Trouble
Jodi “J.A.” Wright / How to Grow an Addict
“What I want you to talk about are your secrets. How about we start with the three that got you here? Everyone has at least three.”
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“She Seemed Like Such a Nice Girl”
Lisa Smith / Girl Walks Out of a Bar
This would be just another day that I ignored it in favor of the wine bottle. It was a good time for a cigarette.
Read MoreAdios, You M*therfucker.
Laura Shepperd / It’s Not All Rainbows and Ponies
My anger towards my dear old friend surprised me. My life partner alcohol had become a selfish sonofabitch.
Read MoreRemembering Not To Forget
The Wrong Guy / Part l: This Can’t Be Real
Matt Mendoza / Addiction Unscripted
“This can’t be real, this just can’t be real,” I kept thinking, over and over. “Please don’t let this be real.”
Read MoreCleaning Out My Closet
Especially For Children
Adrianne Lugo & John Lipscomb / The Painting and The Piano
At that time the mother was in jail and the father was nowhere to be found, said Ms. Abramsky.
Read MoreDead Stop
Dustin & Dallas John / A Walk In His Shoes
If I would have known that traffic was at a dead stop a quarter mile up the freeway, I may have fought harder to stay awake.
Read MoreHere We Go
HD / @hdbigjourney
How did I miss the signs? Or more to the point, how and why did I ignore the signs?
Read MoreThe Venus of Regret
Sondra Primeaux / The Unruffled
I was taught a lot about fertility goddesses and modern goddesses in my women's studies classes, but I was not taught how to not be cheated on by my boyfriend.
Read MoreDirt Nap
Sondra Primeaux / The Unruffled
When the familiar warm sunshine hit my face, I wanted to enjoy it for a moment before opening my eyes.
Read MoreTwo People Trapped in One Body
Kandy / Sweet Side of Crazy
“Mason, do you have a gun?” she asked.
“Well, yes…I have a gun. Why? Do I need it?”
Read MoreTijuana Tale / Part III: Oh, God, That Fear
Jason Smith / Author, The Bitter Taste of Dying