LONG POST ALERT. May be accompanied by tiny violin noises. Also, it has not been proofread because I, too, like to live dangerously. #richiecunningham So, I got a kidney stone.Continue readingMick Jagger
December 26, 2022 It was the fall of 2018. I had just stepped off the plane at London’s Heathrow Airport. A cold November day, I’d forgotten to pack warm clothes.Continue readingRelapse
November 26, 2022 I was sitting on the pier in Ocean Beach, San Diego, 11 years ago. I hadn’t gotten sober yet, but I was well on my way. I’dContinue readingwind, roots, and change
October 26, 2022 I see dead people. Not to be too spooky, but I’ve felt connected to my ancestors from a very young age. By age 4 or 5, IContinue reading“Woo-Woo”
October 17, 2022 What if life weren’t expected to “look” a certain way? What if, instead, we allowed it to be what it is? We allowed people the freedom toContinue readingLet’s Dance
Thursday, October 13, 2022 I have spent a lot of my life in a state of fear. Fear of being left. Fear of my caregivers not being able to provideContinue readingThis might suck.
Now that the cat’s out of the bag with my sobriety, let’s talk about the different tools at my disposal that are key to staying clean and sober, baby. BeingContinue readingTools in the Toolkit
Like most single millennials, I can’t afford a home in the San Francisco Bay Area (yet). My landlord won’t let me have a dog. Or a cat. Or an outdoorContinue reading10 Years
August 1, 2022 Time has no importance when it comes to grief. Grief moves throughout space, time, dimensional processing. Far beyond the limits of our rationale it hits us- permeatingContinue readingA single dose of grief
February 27, 2022 When I was 17, I started practicing Bikram yoga. Students were to face the mirrors for the first quarter of practice, face the side of the roomsContinue readingLearning to Swim
February 9, 2022 There exists immense pressure on young people (all people, actually) in the Untied States and other culturally similar countries to find their purpose in life, to followContinue readingThe Next Thing