Tag: self worth


  • Relapsed_At_Midnight_MP4.zip

    Alone on the bridge over Whatcom Creek at midnight, the relapse happened. Thirty one years of buildup, no warning, nobody there to see it. I am not sorry, and honestly, I am proud of it.

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  • Kindness_On_Trial_v1.zip

    A stranger called me a creep in public while I was doing anonymous acts of kindness. I didn’t react in the moment. I wrote him a letter, said what I needed to say once, and moved on. This is what I learned about shame and what I do with it.

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  • Walking_In_The_Sun_MP4.zip

    I have spent years crawling my way through the darkness. In recent months, I finally began seeing the sun. Now I am out walking in it, literally and figuratively. It is the most wonderful feeling I have ever experienced. I am now living a life full of love, happiness, and joy, because of the painstakingly…

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  • Unapologetically_Clean_Conscience_v1.zip

    I need to tell you what healing actually looks like. Not the version people post about. The quiet, unglamorous, random-Tuesday version. This one is about the clean conscience, the cockroach energy, the freedom, and a guy who woke up one day and couldn’t believe his own life.

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  • Always_Walked_Home_Alone_v1.zip

    I went downtown last night. On a Saturday and stayed out until 1am with a platonic love. Not a drop of alcohol. Not a hit of anything. 26 months sober from alcohol. 67 days clean from cannabis and everything else. I woke up this morning with a clear head, a healthy body, zero hangxiety, and…

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