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Poem / Poetry

September 23, 2023

Reads: 20

Comments: 1

The Booksie Classic House

This is an ABC poem about my struggles with alcoholism. I’m 3 years sober, and this is how I felt during those lost times. Read More

Tags: alcoholism

After committing his life to Christ, WD, aka Woodrow Dawson, sets in motion events which will echo through eternity. Haunted by grief over his past failures, he decides to make things right between him and his aging father. But first, he needs to escape from the mental health facility where… Read More

Tags: supernatural, angels, alcoholism, christian-fiction, spiritual-warfare

This is just a sample chapter from my memoir on my journey through addiction to freedom—appropriate for Indepwndence Day. Read More

Tags: addiction, alcoholism, recovery, opioids

Poem / Memoir

May 06, 2023

Reads: 110

Comments: 3

The Booksie Classic House

Tags: death, friendship, life, poverty, alcoholism

Poem / Poetry

April 29, 2023

Reads: 164

Comments: 2

The Booksie Classic House

Tags: symbolism, metaphor, addiction, alcoholism

Tags: train, sadness, alcoholism

Poem / Poetry

April 15, 2023

Reads: 163

Comments: 2

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Tags: sex, alcoholism, idolatry

Tags: depression, hospital, alcoholism, anxiety

Tags: depression, life, alcoholism

Tags: misery, writing, alcoholism, booze, bukowski

Tags: life, pain, alcoholism

Tags: depression, pain, alcoholism

Featured Review by cmichael potter

"(cont.) tender mercies and spitting angst. I've tried, but I'm pale and frail in comparison. As always, clever observations, turns of phrases, a..." Read More

No pain like a broken heart. Read More

Tags: pain, hospital, women, alcoholism, homelessness

Featured Review by cmichael potter

"But, you claw your way back. Glad for that. It is a bit of an uroburos. Hope you never lose your true vision. The world could still use your sen..." Read More

A debauched adventure. Can you relate? Read More

Tags: humor, crime, alcoholism

Featured Review by cmichael potter

"Never sure if your work is so good because it's a half-hearted testimonial that has a marriage of biting wit and itchy fury or if you're just a ..." Read More

Poem / Poetry

March 25, 2023

Reads: 130

Comments: 2

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Sometimes when you try to save someone you go down with them. And it's a long climb out. Read More

Tags: hell, alcoholism, debauchery, toxic-relationships

Another alcoholic writer. Read More

Tags: writer, alcoholism

Featured Review by cmichael potter

"A vagabond full with the meaty thoughts in his head. Quite a meal, I'm sure. Never gets old. Just enough seasoning of details too. Delicious." Read More

Anything's better than dying from alcoholism. Read More

Tags: humor, alcoholism, mushrooms

A bukowskiesque romp into the toxic night. Read More

Tags: relationships, alcoholism, toxic, smoking, bukowskiesque

Featured Review by cmichael potter

"Straight out of a Faulkner novel. A clear view of dependency and co-dependency wrapped in apathetic papers. Now that smoked would light up the s..." Read More

Poem / Poetry

March 20, 2023

Reads: 154

Comments: 4

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

We make false idols of all kinds of things. Read More

Tags: life, women, alcoholism

Poem / Poetry

March 12, 2023

Reads: 153

Comments: 3

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

An empathic man cares for a deeply-troubled woman. Read More

Tags: alcoholism, self-destruction, manic-depression, substance-abuse

Book / Non-Fiction

January 18, 2023

Reads: 196

Comments: 2

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

10,950 Days Adrift is something I started after reading all of my notes and journals from when I was in treatment. Wondering how I could ever give back or to help others. I'm going to tell my story through all of my journals and thoughts, things that I have learned… Read More

Tags: hope, alcoholism, recovery, solutions, treatment

Tags: drugs, addiction, alcoholism

Tags: grief, memory, dream, sleep, alcoholism

Poem / Poetry

April 22, 2021

Reads: 769

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

I'm in my 50s now, but I often find myself reminiscing about my younger years. I grew up with alcoholic parents, which affected me a great deal. Even all these years later, I still struggle with that. Read More

Tags: growing-up, alcoholism, new-york-city

Poem / Poetry

September 25, 2020

Reads: 615

Comments: 4

The Booksie Classic House

Tags: father, grief, alcoholism, dad

Tags: addiction, alcoholism

Poem / Other

August 01, 2020

Reads: 292

Comments: 1

The Booksie Classic House

BOOZE MAKES MORONS OF AS ALL! Read More

Tags: alcoholism

A reflection on events out of the life of an ex-alcoholic. Read More

Tags: alcoholism

Camille Evans has a serious problem with men in her life, and not just with Jack Daniels, Jim Bean and Captain Morgan. When she lands from a whirlwind trip, Camille isn’t expecting to see her serial cheating boyfriend waiting with a large sign baring her name; Trey isn’t romantic like… Read More

Tags: alcoholism, love-triangle, office-romance, beach-romance, teacher-love

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