Jason Smith / Author, The Bitter Taste of Dying
The Week of Infamy
David Greenspan / Lighthouse Recovery Institute
My parents and I have a running joke about what we call the Week of Infamy. It’s funny to us…now.
Read MoreAvalon
Nancy Carr / Last Call
I got drunk for the first time at age thirteen in Avalon, New Jersey. The evening set a standard of excitement nothing else had previously touched.
Read MoreSo I Can Be Quiet Whenever I Want
Drew Gibson / Virally Suppressed
Max would have turned 23 this January. I am forced to write “would have” because Max took his life nearly 4 years ago.
Read MoreLe Bête Noir
Mary Killian / High Wire Girl
I AM AWAKE.
Eyes open. And close. Twice.
I have several concerns.
Read MoreThe Class Ring
Kristen / Bye Bye Beer
The year or so before I found booze, I tried to fill that hole with God and boys.
Read MoreArrested, pepper sprayed… I think im ganna get clean.
Ginger / Diary of a junkie