From the Archives: Voices on Addiction: None of This Is Bullshit
I was fine. No one and nothing could hurt me.
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Join NOW!I was fine. No one and nothing could hurt me.
...moreI laugh. My laugh, this thing that sounds better on somebody else.
...moreThe words blur, become meaningless. You need them to be meaningless.
...moreI wanted to feel in control of something, but I didn’t know how to say that.
...moreThere aren’t enough trains in Los Angeles. Not enough for me to sleep.
...moreAshley C. Ford discusses her debut memoir, SOMEBODY’S DAUGHTER.
...moreThe brutality of frat culture, Nugent suggests, is a veneer that hardly masks its devotees’ miseries and insecurities.
...moreI am making progress, but progress is slow.
...moreEmily Hashimoto discusses her debut novel, A WORLD BETWEEN.
...moreSecrecy stitched us a fraudulent reality. Denial masqueraded as hope.
...moreDavid Adjmi discusses his new memoir, LOT SIX.
...moreNoé Álvarez discusses his debut memoir, SPIRIT RUN.
...moreSuch distinguished hybridity joined us all, animal and human, in a lonely, exclusive tribe.
...moreAll anyone really wants is to be seen and heard, and yet we avoid seeing and hearing others every day.
...moreLauren J. Sharkey discusses her debut novel, INCONVENIENT DAUGHTER.
...moreEmily J. Smith interviews her mentor, Chloe Caldwell.
...moreI’d crossed a line and owned a new secret life. There was no going back.
...moreAll I want is to feed myself like a person who wants to be fed.
...moreMy gynecologist won’t stop bothering me about getting a genetic test done.
...moreI still wonder what became of all those gentle cows.
...moreI’ve known since I was a child that the world is ending. I felt it in my bones.
...moreJoyce Hinnefeld discusses her new story collection, THE BEAUTY OF THEIR YOUTH.
...moreWe met in a dorm hallway, half past midnight.
...moreMegan Giddings discusses her debut novel, LAKEWOOD.
...moreWhile my friends write their truths in nearby cabins, I wear my silence like a bulletproof vest.
...moreIf nobody tells you what to call a feeling, your emotions have a gap.
...moreI still had the dress and decided to wear it.
...moreFor many years, I tried to civilize myself.
...moreAt some point, I would have to break my silence.
...moreFind and replace. Food for alcohol. Daughter for dad.
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