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Short Story / Romance

July 21, 2020

Reads: 106

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

This is a story of how I found love and had to fight for it, through addiction and poor choices, to the life I live today. Read More

Tags: love, drugs, addiction, recovery

Tags: poem, recovery, ed-recovery

What can you do when you can't do anything? Read More

Tags: love, depression, inspiration, recovery, motivation

Poem / Young Adult

May 04, 2020

Reads: 163

Comments: 2

Shelves: 2

The Booksie Classic House

A poem about all the people who wanted to help, but didn't have the words Read More

Tags: recovery, self-harm, eating-disorder

Tags: family, personal, recovery, toxic-relationships

taken from my book, "Blown Out Of Proportion" Read More

Tags: food, recovery, my_psychiatric_medication, about-crystal, covid_19

taken from my book, "Blown Out Of Proportion" Read More

Tags: rejection, recovery, withdrawing, my_hell-kathood, being_misunderstood

taken from my book, "Blown Out Of Proportion" Read More

Tags: god, recovery, my_living_situation, about-rejection, dissociative_identity_disorder

Story of a man devastated by the loss of his family, his fall into depression and alcoholism, and his redemption from the man in black Read More

Tags: recovery, self-help

Short Story / Fantasy /

February 27, 2020

Reads: 719

Comments: 3

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

What if what you thought you knew about Alice, proved to be wrong? What if the story you were told, like all other Disney stories, was just a watered down version, to intentionally draw a deaf ear to the cruel reality of the situation? Prepare to meet Alice all over… Read More

Tags: drugs, addiction, recovery, wonderland, alice-in-wonderland

Poem / Poetry

February 22, 2020

Reads: 139

Comments: 1

The Poem Home House

After a long journey and pushing myself through some exhausting mental tests of endurance, I have arrived to a wonderful point in my life. Here's what loving myself has been like. Read More

Tags: love, learning, self, random, recovery

A hindrance to Gabriella transformed into a blessing for Pablo and herself. To heal one's Child Within, one must embrace their hot stove, so to speak. Otherwise, the pain nourishes resentments and hurt for others. I hope readers connect with their courage to heal in this story. Read More

Tags: recovery, mexico, donkeys, child-within, burros

Poem / Poetry

October 30, 2019

taken from my book, "With Insanity And Medication For All" Read More

Tags: god, religion, recovery, helplessness-hopelessness_syndrome, about-tessa

taken from my book, "With Insanity And Medication For All" Read More

Tags: recovery, my_career, about-tessa

taken from my book, "With Insanity And Medication For All" Read More

Tags: sports, recovery, the_fellowship, forced_bachelorhood_to_keep_income, about-tessa

Short Story / Romance

October 24, 2019

Reads: 118

Comments: 1

The Booksie Classic House

A man and woman trapped in a collapsing building shre a monent Read More

Tags: trapped, recovery, earthquake

Trigger Warning: ED, and self-harming. Read More

Tags: pain, recovery, self-harming, mental-health, eating-disorder

Poem / True Confessions

October 12, 2019

Reads: 111

Comments: 2

The Booksie Classic House

A Mother's hope for an addicted son. Read More

Tags: son, help, addiction, recovery

The moment in life when you come to the realization that YOU have to face your fears in order to release yourself from the shackles that confines you to the place in time that holds you prisoner of your own mind, knowing that you have the tools to set yourself… Read More

Tags: faith, freedom, fear, recovery, clarity

Surviving a nearly fatal abusive marriage left me resolved to "never marry again." Then a scrawny, bearded guy who smelled of pine and truth leaned onto my boob in a crowded van... Read More

Tags: marriage, abuse, relationships, recovery, mystical

I am in recovery and writing has become a friend that has allowed me to spill my crazy thoughts in a place that is safe for me and also therapeutic. I can leave these thoughts on a page where I can revisit them and measure my growth. This first "share"… Read More

Tags: hope, peace, recovery

A memoir based upon real life. How to win the colossal war over your soul by surrendering. Read More

Tags: addictions, enlightenment, recovery, restoration, spiritual-warfare

Poem / Poetry

May 04, 2019

4.27.19, 3:14 am Read More

Tags: poetry, poem, recovery, eating-disorder, ed-recovery

What existst at one time can never truly be erased. Read More

Tags: depression, pain, sad, hurt, recovery

Ray returns back to country and sees his sister completely different than he remembers.... Read More

Tags: depression, euphoria, recovery, bipolar, manicdepression

Poem / Non-Fiction

January 17, 2019

Reads: 201

Comments: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Tags: depression, poem, recovery

Two short stories written my early years of recovery from alcohol and drug abuse. Read More

Tags: dreams, addiction, recovery

Short Story / Flash Fiction

September 23, 2018

Reads: 276

Comments: 7

Shelves: 2

The Booksie Classic House

Short story inspired by the prompt... Careless Acts Read More

Tags: relationships, addiction, alcohol, recovery, detox

Essay / Non-Fiction

September 20, 2018

Reads: 254

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

My personal experience with addiction and depression and how I overcame both using a rather non traditional method. They, both, nearly killed me but I came out on top. You can too. Read More

Tags: depression, internet, addiction, health, recovery

words she never meant to share to the world, but feels like she needs to. Read More

Tags: depression, diary, recovery, self-harm, relapse

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