The Shift

Mar 143 min read

Head Shave. Part Seven.

I think I had been in treatment about two weeks when I begged one of the workers who was also a barber to shave my head. I was dead set...

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Mar 104 min read

Hi, my name is Hope. Part Six.

I was a nervous wreck the first few days at Twin Lakes. The shear embarrassment that I was in a rehab facility worked on my egoistical...

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Mar 95 min read

Twin Lakes. Part Five.

My phone call to Eric was the wake of my first desperateness'. I felt like I was out of options. If I wanted to make things "right" and...

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Mar 24 min read

Internal Shame. Part Four.

The next morning, my internal shame felt unbearable. I wanted to wake, and it all not be real. The heaviest of my own poor choices with...

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Feb 293 min read

The Officer's Sympathy. Part Three.

As I backed out, I did not get very far and was immediately stopped. I was freaking out on the inside but from all the medications was...

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Feb 256 min read

I Am Not the Problem. Part Two.

I played the victim with my family because in my reality I was the victim. I truly thought, for a very brief three weeks, that Eric was...

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Feb 244 min read

The Shift. Part One.

There was a gradual shift making its way throughout my life. The shift was deadly. I tried many things to hold on to what normalcy I had....

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