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Oct 28, 20206 min read
Living Proof: A Tale of Two Pandemics
It was a tough reality to come to terms with: now I had an opioid addiction and a global pandemic on top of that to worry about. I was
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May 21, 20208 min read
One Look Changed Everything
She named me Bradley Currie Jenkins, giving me her last name because her boyfriend, my dad, wasn’t interested with me...
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Apr 15, 20207 min read
I Will Miss You Forever
My parents waited anxiously for my birth as I was their first child. They loved me like no other and dotted over me, but our poverty...
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Feb 21, 20208 min read
Awakening
My parents married really young and had a total of 12 kids. Sadly, eight died in infancy, leaving them only four to raise...
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Feb 20, 20209 min read
In the Blink of a Bloodshot Eye
Addiction isn’t picky. Trust me. You can come from family dinners and a good education and still fall into dependence. I sure as hell did...
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Jan 31, 20209 min read
Life Without Drugs
More to get him to shut up than anything else, I walked to the sliding glass doors.
I’ll be damned. Two dudes were climbing the fence...
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Jan 24, 20208 min read
No Longer a Victim
People used to look at me and see nothing more than an addict who couldn’t keep a needle out of her arm long enough to...
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Dec 24, 20198 min read
To Capture the Light Again
My mom gave birth to me in...Lagos State, Nigeria...but I should say, I come from a polygamous background. My dad had two wives...
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Dec 13, 20196 min read
To Return to Myself
But what I wish I didn’t remember— what I wish I forgot so completely—was my father’s drinking. My father’s hands as they beat me...
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Dec 4, 20197 min read
When Horizons Fall
Teaching, preaching, writing, and interacting with students of all ages gave me a sense of satisfaction, and I was happy...
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Nov 27, 20199 min read
Forward Is the Only Direction
Those early years were rough on my mother as she was battling demons in the early stages of her alcoholism and drug addiction...
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Nov 12, 20196 min read
Broken Shackles
It often feels like an unbearable privilege to write and make a simple living from taking all those wonderful and horrible patterns...
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Oct 15, 20199 min read
There Is Life After Opioids
Good, no one had robbed me of my pain pills. I pulled out my trusty relievers and tossed a handful back. I could be without a home...
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Oct 8, 20198 min read
Once a Passive Passenger
I shouldn’t have taken all those pills, I didn’t want to die. I needed to get to a phone to call 911, but it was so hard to move...
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Sep 19, 20197 min read
14 Years Later
We had many adventures and shenanigans together. Unfortunately, both Stephen and I were influenced easily by peers...
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Aug 9, 20198 min read
The Street Artist
I grew up on a large council estate with high-rise flats as far as the eye could see. It was full of crime, poverty, and drug addicts...
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Aug 7, 20197 min read
The Courage to Move On
Together, they built a family. I had an unusual childhood as my siblings and I were the only mixed-race children in the town...
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Jul 30, 20197 min read
For What I Believed In
...I always said the same thing—I wanted to go to the zoo. Once there, I would head straight for the tiger enclosure...
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Jul 27, 20197 min read
At the Finish Line
I mean things started out pretty normal I guess, but at the age of three, my mom committed suicide due to drugs and alcohol...
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Jul 23, 20199 min read
Coming back from Rock Bottom
Coming from a conservative town, no one cared to learn why I didn’t have a dad. They just judged my siblings and me for it...
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