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Mar 5, 2021

What to Expect When You No Longer Expect Anything.

Four years of sobriety and this is what I have to show for it. I’ve never been one for posting about my recovery journey. I’m the punk that asks my sober friends to untag me from sarcastic treatment memes because of the “what-if’s”. What if an extended member of my…

Recovery

13 min read


Sep 20, 2020

One More Dissent

Poem It hit me like nothing I’d ever felt before. Justice Ginsburg, dead; country, even further at war. I screamed, threw my phone, posted photos and cried. With fear-fueled rage for a future that died. It’s a never-ending struggle when you’re down 5 to 4. …

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One More Dissent
One More Dissent

Aug 21, 2018

I was called a “fag”, “slut” and “retard” on Facebook today

And this is why I engaged with the guy who did it. I’m just gonna be honest, a part of me wanted to win the war of words. Silly and immature, yes, I know. I actually wanted to reply to this person’s vulgar and inappropriate comments about a friend last…

Recovery

5 min read

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