I wish I could say that the road to recovery was much easier and quicker than it truly is. Were I to say that, I would be lying not only to you, but also myself, addiction doesn’t happen overnight and neither do its solutions. If you are addicted, you already know this. What I desire to do […]
https://chroniclesofarecoveringaddict.wordpress.com/2016/03/06/fight-on/
One of the major themes of our Big Read selection, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers, is mental health – mental illness and addiction included. In keeping with programming addressing these topics this month, we thought some apps to keep you mentally on track might be helpful. Apps listed below are available for free […]
6 March 2016 Part of the reason I got sober was for self-improvement and to live a healthier lifestyle. I’ve been sober for over two months and I have hit a point in this new chapter of my life where I get bored really easily and have yet to find an outlet to put my […]
https://brandonbenz.wordpress.com/2016/03/06/ch-47-digital-detox/
What does the obsessive mind seek so desperately and so intensely? Certainty. The OCD mind desires to find something that is unchanging, consistent, and completely reliable; which will then clear all doubts forever. The very nature of form is that it is in a constant state of flux; as the body is decaying and thoughts […]
Today is Black Balloon Day 2016 . A day that was created to remember those who passed from drug overdose deaths this past year, as well as to bring awareness to the drug epidemic. I am grateful as of this day, I have not lost any loved ones to a drug overdose, however I have many […]
From a very early age I felt like I didn’t belong anywhere. I would often hide at Holidays or family gatherings. I didn’t know how to make conversation without the feeling I would be laughed at. As a twin I sometimes felt that I wasn’t meant to be. I thought my sister was the one […]
https://insightsofabipolarrambler.wordpress.com/2016/03/06/where-to-belong/
She is in detox, I am in a men’s shelter. I spent our rent money on drugs, a storage unit and a months rent in this place. I was the one who injected her with meth in the first place. I gave her my demon, in a sense you could say I murdered her. We […]
https://druglovedisaster.wordpress.com/2016/03/07/toxic-love-the-beginning/
Seems so easy to forget the bad shit once good things start happening. Its like our lives take this never imagined change and we fall into a blissful new reality. As days pass and we begin to regain what was once lost, our past seems further away. So far, our brains kind of forget. It […]
https://itswithinme.wordpress.com/2016/03/06/remembering-the-pain/
Come, walk into my arms, step away from that blinding light. I’ll keep you safe and sound, in the corners of the alluring night. This world is plagued by war, pestilence, violence and greed. Step into my shadow, I have everything that you’ll need. Forget everyone you know, their pitiful morals are subjective. Follow me […]
https://thevoidofnothingness.wordpress.com/2016/03/07/spectre/
Even when they don’t work, I can feel the crash from the stimulants. Heavy, dried out eyes, slow thoughts, exhaustion and a bit of a headache, but the closest thing to falling asleep I get to is spacing out and going blank for 10-20 minutes straight.
https://antisocialpersonalities.wordpress.com/2016/03/06/tales-of-an-addict/
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