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Poem / Poetry

June 21, 2022

Reads: 41

Comments: 2

The Booksie Classic House

Tags: depression, reflection, addiction

Secrets and lies always come back to haunt you. They just might even turn you into the Villin of your own story. Read More

Tags: dark, depression, pain, hell, addiction

Poem / Poetry

June 05, 2022

Reads: 58

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Tags: death, god, addiction, mortality

Dedicated to John W. Brown (1970-2019) who died 3 years ago today on June 3, 2019 Read More

Tags: death, drugs, friend, addiction, anniversary

How does one want what they really don't? Read More

Tags: addiction

The Road to Dunoon is a selection from two of my recent poetry books, Tangerine Sky and The Chatty Chameleon. Read More

Tags: love, humor, nature, poetry, addiction

A shortened version of a hard life Read More

Tags: love, loss, dysfunction, addiction

Book / Other

February 08, 2022

Reads: 1551

Comments: 3

The Booksie Classic House

Riley Brooks appears to be leading a charmed life on the outside. On the inside, she's spiraling as a result of an abusive relationship. Once the relationship comes to a tumultuous end, she loses very nearly everything, her sanity included. As an effort to promote her career, she is forced… Read More

Tags: depression, addiction, image, stone, landon

Tags: past, addiction, recovery, reflections, circumstances

In July 2006, my grandfather was found floating in the Arkansas River in central Kansas - dead. Despite circumstantial evidence that indicated that some foul play could've been involved, including two individuals who confessed to killing him, police in Hutchinson, Kansas, refused to conduct a proper investigation into his death.… Read More

Tags: death, secrets, murder, addiction, cover-up

Book / Memoir

January 27, 2022

Reads: 184

Comments: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Collapsed, face flat on the floor, drooling, from injecting illegal drugs; another, his jaws locked, and teeth clenched, bordering death! What most people imagine a nightmare is a recurring reality for Larry! Instead of life, as most know it, a lowly existence, a lowlife—Ohio, the buckeye state, Hell's playground, where… Read More

Tags: humor, inspirational, addiction, recovery

In February 2016, Kati Nicole Salmans vanished into thin air, and it took her sister nearly three weeks to find her - dead, and even longer for local authorities to even respond to her desperate pleas for help. Despite circumstantial evidence that pointed to foul play, authorities pushed the incident… Read More

Tags: death, secrets, murder, addiction, cover-up

Poem / Poetry

January 20, 2022

Reads: 99

Comments: 2

The Booksie Classic House

I am addicted to words . . . no doubt about it. Some of you have undoubtedly already deduced that from my writings. Maybe, just maybe, I need an intervention . . . Read More

Tags: words, addiction, match, mix, control

Essay / Other

January 16, 2022

Reads: 195

Comments: 5

Shelves: 3

The Booksie Classic House

Tags: love, life, alone, addiction, psyche

Short Story / Flash Fiction

January 14, 2022

Reads: 170

Comments: 8

Shelves: 2

The Review Chain House

This was just something I wrote the other day. I've been around alcoholics and people with addictions my whole life. I can see how it can take a toll on one's mental health. It has even affect me in some regards, but I sort of show a perspective how we… Read More

Tags: drinking, addiction, mental-health

I was going on a routine walk and as I was approaching this bar drunken folks spilled out the front door in a group all laughing, but it seemed to me that their laughter was all that was keeping the tears at bay. This is what I wrote down in… Read More

Tags: drunk, drinking, sadness, addiction, alcohol

Poem / Poetry

October 27, 2021

How addiction effects you. Read More

Tags: addiction

Poem / Poetry

October 27, 2021

Tags: depression, sadness, addiction, aches

Poem / Poetry

October 26, 2021

Reads: 131

Comments: 1

The Review Chain House

How addiction affects you. Read More

Tags: addiction

Tags: addiction

Tags: drugs, addiction, alcoholism

Poem / Poetry

August 29, 2021

Reads: 266

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

This one is about my older half-brother who is a complete and utter disappointment in my eyes. It is written as if it's from his point of view. I always dream of the day when he'll finally speak some truth and admit his failings, but I've pretty much given up… Read More

Tags: poetry, insanity, addiction, delusion, mental-illness

As his perception of reality blurs, a man makes the choice that will constitute what he believes to be the truth. Read More

Tags: reality, dream, sleep, addiction, real

Creating meaning out of the trauma and debauchery that was 2020. Read More

Tags: fiction, addiction, short-story, 2020

Poem / Poetry

June 04, 2021

Reads: 146

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Is it too much to ask? Cover photo by Giles Lambert on Unsplash Read More

Tags: feelings, thoughts, phone, addiction, awesomeness

Poem / Poetry

April 30, 2021

Reads: 234

Comments: 2

The Booksie Classic House

taken from my book, "Our Founded Feelings" Read More

Tags: addiction, recovery, indifference, selfishness, unemployability

Poem / Poetry

April 22, 2021

Reads: 443

Comments: 3

The Booksie Classic House

This is a poem I wrote after talking to my dad about what it was like to go through withdrawals from a 40 year alcohol addiction. Read More

Tags: addiction, alcoholism, anxiety, madness, disassociate

Gambling, like most good things can have a negative affect when it is enjoyed too much. If you have an addiction to anything, including gambling and want to break free from it, know that you are not alone; there are others out there like you. There are people who want… Read More

Tags: money, addiction, gambling

A strung out woman begs a traveler, as a last ditch effort, for a fix. Read More

Tags: greek, addiction

Just something small I came up with in the moment. Read More

Tags: short, simple, addiction, alcohol

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