Recovery Campout Serenity
Since starting recovery, I finally allow myself to find peace in a lot of things. I want serenity and finding that isn’t always easy. Sat on the beach for 30 minutes while thinking about all of the things I am grateful for. Today I am clean, even just that fact shows me how far I’ve […]
Time wasted.
Although I love artwork of all kinds this is a representation of hours wasted. Stuck in my head home alone with nothing more than my own thoughts and auditory hallucinations. I could have been spending time with family or out making new friends but using makes it so easy to isolate myself from the world. […]
Dad?
A picture of the flag that was draped over my father’s casket when he was buried at the age of 21. A heroin user who struggled with depression. He committed suicide and will always be the reason I continue to fight my own mental health concerns, and never do downers. He is my light when […]
Ready to change.
To most it’s just a bottle of water and a box, but to me I’m shaking, it’s a trigger. It’s where I kept my using supplies. Wanting to retrain my brain I am keeping the box to associate it with something positive. Eventually it’ll also serve as a reminder of what I can overcome.
My Daily Medications
300mg Venlafaxine, 1200mg Ibuprofen, 324mg Ferrous Gluconate, 500mg Turmeric, 50ng Zinc. Every day, when I wake up in the morning. Or else I suffer adverse effects that makes my body feel like it’s wanting to give from the inside out.
More then a degree
Nursing school exacerbated my mental health problems. Through lots of close friends, I have found out there is much more to life and school than a dumb piece of paper. Everyone on campus struggles with things, and don’t be afraid to admit you need help. Almost everyone in this building will be willing to help […]
Living with Mental Illness Pt. 3
I suffer from severe depression and anxiety. Before I started to get help with my mental health I would always be in bed and not want to get up. Now I am able to get up before the sun comes up get my self to work in the morning and watch a sunrise!
Living with Mental Illness Pt. 2
This is me clean and happy I have my children back in my life and I am a full time manager at my job. I’m attending meeting regularly and have the biggest support team I have ever had! I also am in a step study. If I can make it through a suicide attempt and […]
Living with Mental Illness
Here I was in full blown active addiction. I was going around city to city taking pictures of myself in random truck stop restrooms. My life was so unmanageable I wasn’t taking care of my responsibilities like my children or anything else that comes with being an adult. Addiction takes everything from you over time. […]