By: Ben Rose “Someday Somewhere We’ll find a new way of living We’ll find a way of forgiving…” “There’s a Place for Us”, from the 1957 Broadway musical West Side Story Excrement Occurs On 4/22/22, I turned 15. Not a chronological 15; I am far older than that. This date represents 15 years of…
As we fight our addictions and try to remove stigma, we must remove judgment within the walls of the sacred places that we meet to heal.
But why do people use? In each of the three categories there’s a common denominator – feelings and emotions. You know, those things that we do our best to guard and to avoid discussing. The way we deal with them often dictates how our day will be and how we respond or react to different situations.
I knew that to get my self-esteem back on an even keel, I would have to view qualities within and not focus on what was lacking on the outside. How did I do this?
Did I realize that I’d taken up arms against my children when I started using? No, I did not set out to harm them; however, that was the result. And just as the history books record the injustices done, each of my children recollects the harm from her perspective.