I love my birthday because it combines two of my greatest pleasures in life -- dessert and attention.
sobriety
lindsay lohan
I think you can do it.
An Open Letter To Lindsay Lohan Because I Have Hope For You And I Want You To Have Hope For You, Too
ihtm contest
I guess I thought that a porn addict would be into sex. Little did I know that it is often impossible for porn addicts to achieve orgasm during real-life sex.
ihtm contest
Even though the alcoholic in my life has been gone for years, the disease still lingers. I’ve locked it out of the house and it sits on the front porch waiting patiently to sneak back in.
alcoholism
I’m pretty sure that picture of you and your friends taking shots of birthday cake vodka doesn’t qualify for an attached “me and my home girls are the biggest alcoholics ever” status update.
ihtm contest
He is high on methadone. And Norco, and muscle relaxers with a little medical marijuana sprinkled in and some beer to wash it all down.
ihtm contest
I discovered you could get high off cough syrup by accident. There was an article about these kids who had overdosed on it and ended up in hospital
jail
The worst thing about my very short time in jail? Honestly? Chapped lips.
drugs
Being an adult who was drugged as a child is a very interesting experience. I was given meds way before I could comprehend the side effects and consequences.
sex work
Empowerment comes in the front door when I can make rent in a singular evening. Yet, it leaves through the back door when I blow it all on pills.
friendship
While his family sat around him sobbing uncontrollably, I sat there with a burning, swelling pit in my stomach. All of this was my fault.
drugs
My spouse is still in his love affair with MJ. In all honesty, at times I feel like my love triangle has become one where my husband cheats on his sweet, loving weed with me, the tumultuous mistress.
addiction
In some ways, friend break-ups are even worse than romantic ones -- and they can carry the same emotional baggage. Still, sometimes they're a necessary evil.
sobriety
I’m 20, sober, and often still confused about how to navigate in a world that is so very saturated with alcohol.
cigarettes
I smoke because of this stupid aching dumb hole for love inside of me. I need to quit. But I don't know if I can right now.
ambien
Ambien was supposed to cure my lifelong insomnia problem. Instead, it almost ruined my life.
drinking
I'm a five-foot-two-inch 125-pound woman, and four drinks can put me in a very dangerous situation.
suicide
Most of the time, I feel like I'm getting ready for another gunshot in the night, another life-changing morning when I'll have to figure out how to pick up the pieces and stand tall in the sunlight of my own, personal, post-apocalyptic world.
coffee
You have been the one/you have been the one, for me.
drugs
I'm 48 hours into being completely benzo free.
adderall
Everyone around me is tweaked out of their minds, but I just flushed my pills down the toilet.
addiction
Sex addicts prey on others with low self-esteem. The charm and attention acts as a salve to someone who’s been sexually, verbally or physically abused, but ultimately will reaffirm negative image patterns.
