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Tag: relapse

030616

My dad is still alive and I am still alive and everything is awful but we’re trying. My god, we … More

addiction, alcohol, depression, family, grateful, health, hospital, life, NHS, recovery, relapse, writing

Wonky Wednesdays

“Hell is empty And all the devils are here.” – The Tempest, I.ii.215-6 God, I fucking love The Tempest, it really is … More

addiction, art, depression, diary, drugs, love, poetry, quotation, recovery, relapse, self harm, sex, shakespeare, sobriety, suicide, writing

Maintenant

It’s not that everything is wrong, it’s just that nothing is right. Nothing is right.

addiction, anxiety, bipolar, borderline, BPD, depression, ffs, life, poetry, recovery, relapse, self harm, short, suicide, truth, writing

Fear and Loathing in North London

37 days clean and I lapsed. It was too easy, I gave in too easily. “You really just want a … More

AA, addiction, alcoholic, anger, behaviour, borderline, BPD, depression, drinking, drugs, habits, hate, lapse, relapse, writing

Monday

I know that I’m going to die, but sometimes I think that I’m going to die. (I’m not sure which … More

blogging, booze, drinking, drugs, ffs, kill me, life, relapse, sex, sinning is winning, suicide, whyyyyy, writing

Fear & Loathing in North London

I’m really struggling today – struggling to deal with this sickening sense of self-loathing, struggling to let go of things, struggling to accept … More

addiction, alcoholic, anger, anxiety, bipolar, bipolar disorder, borderline, BPD, depression, diary, ffs, heartbreak, inspiration, journal, London, motivational quotes, paranoia, personality disorder, positivity, psychosis, quotes, recovery, relapse, self harm, suicidal, survival, trigger, writing

#655321(2)

Days sober: 1 :'( 24 hours since my last drink. F*ck. F*ck, f*ck, f*ck it all. F*ck. Things that are good … More

#655321, AA, abandonment, addiction, alcohol, alcoholism, anxiety, beauty, bipolar, blogging, books, borderline, BPD, diary, family, fml, forgetting, health, journal, life, lonely, memory, mental health, mental illness, mindfulness, miss you, mood, music, nails, pain, photography, recovery, relapse, round 2, ughhhh ffs, writing

God is a DJ

I’m so sorry. To you, to myself, to my friends, to my family. I crumbled. I caved. I’m writing this … More

#655321, AA, alcohol, alcoholism, anxiety, bipolar, borderline, BPD, death, depression, diary, drug addiction, drugs, fear, heartbreak, help me, music, paranoia, relapse, sobriety, suicidal, suicide, writing
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