Morning
I woke up when the nurse knocked on the door. I sat up in bed with a start, peering around the room to get my bearings. I discovered a huge wad of tissues in the clutch of my right hand. I was...
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We twisted and turned our way through corridors, through lock after lock. I carried my bag on my shoulder. The strap broke. On the way to the Unit, Marianne, the admissions nurse, mentioned they were...
View ArticleBile
My first trip to rehab, back in 1992, I learned about “drug dreams”. I’d have this very vivid dream of getting high. When I woke up with a start, I’d check myself, my surroundings, my memory of the...
View ArticleFlying Monkeys
I’ve had a pretty weird couple of weeks. In my head. Yeah, Hurricane Irene was a pleasant distraction for a few days. I’ve had to change my priorities. I threw myself a big ole’ pity party for...
View ArticleOctober 15th
October 15th is National Pregnancy & Infant Loss Remembrance Day. (Edited to add: Please go check out Band Back Together’s Wall of Remembrance. It’s really important for us to support each other.)...
View ArticleSkin I’m In
If there are any gentlemen in the house, if you don’t want to know more about me in any other way than you already do, you’d be advised to close your browser window & go look at the kitties!...
View ArticleFryolater
Sweet jesus. With all of this hooha by men over women’s reproductive rights, I have to come forward with the following post. And by hooha, I mean the trans-vaginal ultrasound prior to an abortion, or...
View ArticleExtraordinary Machine
One of the mantras that I keep on mental speed dial is the fact that I’m not alone in my brand of crazy. When Jenny Lawson posted this yesterday about how mental illness has affected her & what...
View Articleroot down pt 2
partially inspired by Nicole, and my own soul searching in the past few months. all of this self loathing? this wishing like hell i could go back and change something? i’ve finally been able to...
View Articleseeking definition
i asked (twice) on twitter yesterday this question: is there another term between “childless” & “childfree”? neither one describes me accurately. a friend responded with: It occurs to me that...
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