by Savannah Thomas | Aug 22, 2020 | Mental Health, Recovery Stories
**I dedicate this article to my Grandmother Augustine Ellis, from Louisiana, who survived Jim Crow, and sacrificed to create a better life for her family, and more recently fought and BEAT COVID-19. She turns 86 on June 1st, and she is my guiding star. Happy Birthday...
by Lulu The Green Fairy | Jun 26, 2020 | Editorial, Poetry, Recovery Stories
A sigh on the breeze, a delicate transience passing through, life is so fragile and precarious. How do we deal with grief? As a loved one fades away leaving us like a lone pillar holding up a ceiling ready to crash down around us, it can feel like all is in ruins and...
by Jordan Lee | Feb 7, 2020 | Blogs, Recovery Stories
It’s happened a thousand times: I’m walking down Santa Monica Boulevard running weekend errands with my husband in West Hollywood and an Adonic god walks past us on the sidewalk. Rugged jawline, big biceps, triceps and quads. He is beauty personified. Moments later,...
by Gladis Romero | Nov 16, 2019 | Blogs, Recovery Stories
I remember driving in his car and the song “Don’t You Worry Child” came on the radio. In the part where Swedish House Mafia sings, “Upon a hill across a blue lake, that’s where I had my first heartbreak”, he turned to me and asked, “ When did you have your first...
by Kevin Naruse | May 30, 2019 | Recovery Stories
By Lori Bernstein There is a great deal of stigma attached to both mental illnesses and addictions. That is one reason I talk about my experiences. So, others won’t feel alone, and, to put a face to these conditions. It is scary to get a diagnosis of a life-long...
by Sevana Bagramian | Mar 4, 2019 | Poetry, Recovery Stories
All my life I craved to be as beautiful as a flower. I wanted the ambience, the essence, and the admiration. In the spring, I would watch the bees rushing to get a taste of all the flowers they could get. I wondered what it felt like to be craved that bad… I would...
