"somehow the farther along you get into it,
the more warped ones perspective gets.
and the more you want to believe what he's saying
because the alternative is too painful.
you just end up...sort of trapped."
- Sarma Melngailis
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The task of capturing the raw emotion of a weekend with 500 other women who are all at different points in their own recovery (from a myriad of things including addiction, mental illness, eating disorders, codependency, etc, etc.--many of us, myself included, are recovering from all of these) process seemed way too big a task for me. It feels like one of those events where you don't know what to say except, "you just had to be there."
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It’s free, easy, quick, and simple. It’s life-altering and mood-enhancing. “It turns whatever you have into enough,” says Melody Beattie.
When I found myself in a very deep and dark black-hole depression in the fall of 2014, I vowed to do everything within my power to never end up in that place again. I was already practicing many healthy habits, but I promised I would do whatever else I could to stay in the light.
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I feel disheartened by the plethora of judgmental, disrespectful, ignorant, and even downright hateful comments swirling around the internet regarding the suicide of Robin Williams. It's made me consider...
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After I saw this movie in the theaters, I jotted down a few notes on a scrap piece of paper from a hotel pad and shoved it away.
I watched the movie again once it was released on DVD and I profoundly loved it for...
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