I managed to reach a point where I began making false promises to myself and others about addressing my situation. Among those empty promises was the one where I claimed I would give up drinking, attend rehab and try to get my life back on track. I even fiddled with the thought of seeking inpatient assistance if things weren't working as planned. Let's be clear and fair.…
The Arrival I had originally planned to travel to Rio on September 5th through September 12th. A perspicacious and experienced hunter named Rainsford accompanied me. It was nighttime when I first spotted land of any sort. It was vaguely visible and was opaque, so misty that even Rainsford couldn’t see it. Utterly tired, I began drifting off, dreaming of the adventures we were soon to face.…
Lets Make it A Hobby One of my hobbies is to break a norm. When I first heard about breaking a norm was in 2014, one of my friends mentioned it while we were talking about my major, psychology.…
Conundrums barge in without knocking, perhaps, that’s when people encounter what is known as, the real reality. Consequently, my mother and I faced numerous of dilemmas together, strengthening our connection. My most valued moment is the times I’ve spent bonding with my mother. I cherish spending quality time with the woman who has sacrificed absolutely everything in her capacity to see me flourish to who I am today. Moreover, every moment, activity, sorrows, joyful moment we have spent together has strengthened me and pushed me.…
My favorite mistake would have to be when I totaled my car. Sometimes you think that this is the worst day of my life. You make such a big mistake, and think my life is over. That was me 9 years ago. I had the day off of work.…
I pick him up and lift his head. He is racing for air, “please don’t die i cry, this just isn’t fair, they don’t know what you’ve done, who you are brother, i swear”, “to save you, like you saved my life, i promise this time, we both will strive to survive,” that’s what I say, taking him to the nurse, she asks “what’s wrong?” as she reaches in her purse, pulls out the listener and listens to his beat, her face drops dead, “he needs help his pulse is weak!” She takes him to the bed, and he starts to frizz. Coughing up white foam, choking and throwing spit.…
I was raised my entire life as a Roman Catholic. However, my curious nature led me to always take its teaching with a grain of salt. In Catholicism, there is a sacrament called Confirmation, intended to strengthen a Catholic’s faith and relationship with God. Part of this holy sacrament required me to attend a retreat with other fellow teenagers who were also on the journey to becoming closer to God.…
Dreams are really something aren't they? Dreams can play in your head theatre nice and pleasant, they can play wild and spectacular, they can play terrifying and violent, and some just straight up go insane. Most of the dreams from my childhood were exactly like the last description. They just take some bad advice from my subconscious and go nuts with it. I possess this one set of dreams that I remember very well, and fit the criteria of ‘insane’.…
Let's get one thing straight. We are not the Breakfast Club. We did not meet by chance, and we did not leave whether or not we would always be friends a mystery to those who were watching us. As far as I know, we will always be friends, and if we are not, I’ll always try to remember what made us, us.…
This is not for you nor for you. This is for the person who will never get to read this, but I am writing it anyway hoping it will get through. I cant sleep at night. I cant stop thinking about you. I cant eat anything.…
It was barely 7 PM, yet I was already worn out, the day had been long and tiring, and I was just about to call it a night. I crawled into bed, ready for sleep, but then I heard the "whoosh" that signalled an email being sent to me on my phone. I retrieved my phone and was just about to click the mail icon before a shiver went down my spine. It felt as though someone was staring at me, grieving for me, so I looked at my surroundings, half expecting to spot a ghost smiling eerily at me. There was no malevolent spirit to be seen, obviously, so I just shrugged the feeling off and checked the message.…
Every night starts out the same. My dream and I. I hear all the voices of my classmates, yelling, laughing, and most of all, harassing me. ‘Loser’, ‘Nerd’, ‘Four Eyes’, ‘Know it all’, all of those words. Sometimes, I end up with bruises at the end of the day.…
Time flew by so fast I was on the plane before I knew it. Before we had boarded the plane my mother nearly had a breakdown when she had to wish all four of her boys farewell. I just smiled and tried to keep it together as well. I hated to leave her behind, but it's not like I could take her with me or stay. I mean, how often do you get accepted into a school like Enoshima?…
Now I Know Better On a Thursday year of 2015, I realized making people laugh isn’t as good as it seems in certain situations. After school, my mom and siblings decided that we should go to the park, to hang out with some friends. It was a good weather to go, not too cold and not too hot, so I didn’t refuse. As we got there, me and my older sister, Sondos, wanted to go for a walk near the fountains because we got bored from sitting down and wanted to see the ducklings swim around the fountains. The fountains went really high and would splash you.…
The Setback I Never Saw Coming Sunday, September 3rd, 2017, 5:43 p.m. I was hanging out with a friend when my best friend texted me saying he received naked pictures of me via social media. How on earth could a guy thousands of miles away from me in a different country have inappropriate photos of me when I don't even like to stare at my body, let alone have the courage to take pictures of it in the nude? It's funny because Kwajalein, my home for over fourteen years, just started utilizing wireless internet the April of 2014, and it was through wireless internet how I was notified that "my nudes" had ended up in the state of Washington.…