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#hash

I feel so far removed from the thousand or so nights that I spent splayed out on that broken bed, … More

drugs, escapism, hash, life, lyrics, memories, mental health, mental illness, music, poetry, prosetry, short prose, smoking, teenage, teens, writing

The View From The Smoking Room

I can see through windows once obscured by the lime tree that now stands smaller, nude and the skeleton of … More

gardens, home, houses, imagery, life, London, nature, night, observation, poem, poetry, smoking, winter, writer, writing

Smile

The Cheshire Cat smokes 60 a day (while he’s not on duty) and some nights, such as tonight, his skinny smoke-stained … More

alice in wonderland, death, dialogue, grief, moon, night, poem, poetry, short prose, smoking, writing

Curiosity Killed The Cat

“What on earth happened to your face?” She closed her eyes, tilted her head down so that her chin was … More

abuse, addiction, alcohol, blame, breakups, Bullying, conversation, creative writing, depression, drinking, ex's, fear, hurt, life, living, love, pain, paranoia, prose, psychosis, pubs, smoking, suffering, talking, things overheard in bars, violence, writing

A Drowsy Numbness Pains

Second day of cold turkey. I feel fucking sick – no food to eat, but too much coffee. I woke … More

#655321, addiction, alcohol, alcoholism, Alexander McQueen, beauty, bipolar, books, BPD, coffee and cigarettes, depression, drug addiction, drugs, drunk, drunk af, exhibition, fashion, fiction, films, help, hungover, Keats, LDN, London, museum, new start, pray4me, publishing, reading, self care, smoking, sober

All Fools’ Day

Today: Wednesday 1st of April Mood: 6 out of 10 A phrase to sum up how I feel: Too weird … More

addiction, alcohol, anxiety, April, Arsenal, art, beauty, bipolar, body art, books, BPD, chores, confidence, dating, depression, Easter, family, food, foolish, football, Hunter S Thompson, kids, love, nervous, reading, smoking, spring, tattoos, why, wtf

Spring Teen Queen

Everything was always better in the Spring. No more sitting around at the ice rink for hours on end, too … More

alcohol, childhood, city, drugs, drunk, education, exams, fashion, friends, fun, growing up, happiness, laughter, London, memories, north London, parks, parks and rec, school, seasons, secondary school, smoking, sport, spring, teenage, teenagers, teens, trends, UK

EPIC POST

TW: suicide, self-harm, addiction, death, etc. Readers who are familiar with my struggles can skip the first half of this … More

addiction, alcohol, Catholicism, confusion, death, drugs, family, friends, fucked up, funerals, gov, grief, help, marijuana, NHS, religion, smoking, society, stigma, suicidal, suicide, support, taboo, Western world, whaaaaat, wtf

Squaring the Circle

I went up to the psych ward on Friday morning. Same old. LC is most worried about my financial situation. … More

alcohol, alcoholism, art, bipolar, blah, BPD, CMHT, love, lust, mental health, NHS, recovery, relationships, sex, sex drugs and on the dole, smoking

Cigarettes & Cheesecake

My sister sent me some money. When I have finished writing my dissertation section on ‘Lady Lazarus’ I am going … More

bipolar, depression, dissertation, food, love, poetry, smoking, Sylvia Plath, writing

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