Voices on Addiction: The Road Less Traveled By
Then the road less traveled by diverged in a wood and took him in the night.
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Join NOW!Then the road less traveled by diverged in a wood and took him in the night.
...moreThis was a reconnaissance mission. My intention was to save her, not alienate her.
...moreKaveh Akbar discusses his new collection, PILGRIM BELL.
...more“Writing in this way allows me to put order in this disordered world.”
...more“Was it vodka?” Mama said. Her voice had cracks in it. Why ask? She knew.
...moreJames Brown and Patrick O’Neil discuss WRITING YOUR WAY TO RECOVERY.
...moreTelevision babysat our family—our thirteen-channel set, reception via a rooftop antenna.
...moreKaren Tucker discusses her debut novel, BEWILDERNESS.
...more“My challenge was to tell my own story but also find ways to weave in wisdom and gravitas.”
...moreMelissa Febos discusses her new essay collection, GIRLHOOD.
...moreThe toll I took on people I love can’t be measured. But I want to know.
...moreI always thought I was too smart to be one of those girls.
...moreErica C. Barnett discusses her debut memoir, QUITTER.
...moreThe thing we most had in common was that none of us wanted to be there.
...moreI’m saying people can be imperfect and still be remembered as beautiful.
...moreI’ve known since I was a child that the world is ending. I felt it in my bones.
...moreI want to respond from my heart—not my anger, my judgment, my desire.
...moreI wanted to stop withholding from them, but withholding was like a drug.
...moreWhen I imagine his days, the loneliness of it all makes my chest tighten.
...moreMy sobriety is still a mystery to me. Forty years this December.
...moreMy family rarely throws the word addiction around. If we do, it is whispered.
...moreAs it turned out, though, it was he who would surprise me that evening.
...moreIn my secret mind I saw him; I spoke to him every day.
...moreAugusten Burroughs discusses his new memoir, TOIL & TROUBLE.
...moreEmily Arnason Casey discusses her debut essay collection, MADE HOLY.
...moreI think this is what love is, critical and enduring.
...moreDrinking is the opposite of staying.
...moreI don’t believe in redemption stories.
...moreWhat I know has taken a long time to learn, and even longer to accept.
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