sobriety
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Monsters Under the Bed
“I’m friends with the monster that’s under my bedGet along with the voices inside of my headYou’re tryin’ to save me, stop holdin’ your breathAnd you think I’m crazy, yeah, you think I’m crazy“ The Monster (song) by Eminem featuring Rihanna My dreaded annual physical awaits me as I sit on the flimsy, white-papered exam Continue reading
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Karma
I close my eyes in Pacific Beach, a scenic hamlet of San Diego, California, notorious for its laid-back surfer vibe and alcohol-fueled college bar scene. It’s my first night back in the United States in three years. At 45, I’ve temporarily moved into my mom’s upstairs studio apartment alongside her toilet paper and all the Continue reading
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Sober Graduation
Drenched in sweat I round the back corner of the track, jogging at a nice clip for someone not accustomed to running more than 20 minutes consecutively. Escondido, California is scorching hot in late May; it’s a dry heat, an arid 90 degrees. The sun beats down on my pale freckled skin which is now Continue reading
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A satellite industry vice president by day and amateur astrologer by night, I enjoy writing creatively about my life.
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