this is so relatable that my pulse quickened reading it. so similar to my story, only difference is, 'homeless drug addict' was the lifestyle I wasn't cut out for, rather than criminality.
I am also writing a memoir about my experiences - most of my drug friends are dead, including two ex-boyfriends. Like your friends, they didn't have the support systems to choose a better path. the "what if I'm breaking the code by telling this story?" fear is so, so real. I always tell myself that the people in mine would be happy to be remembered as human beings with addictions, rather than JUST addicts, and in that way I am bringing them dignity, humanizing them. I bet the same is true for you too. Anyway, write on, and I look forward to reading more of it!
Good that you are finding therapy within it as that's been the same here in Ukraine with the exception that I think it's helping stave off PTSD. Cutting off the people from those days was your smartest move (I have been in those shoes). I still love many of the people I traveled that road with but they are tucked away as a memory now. Good to find your voice and tell it like it is...it's very rare these days. Bob Marley's "Redemption Song" now gets listened to. Peace out. Write the memoir..
this is so relatable that my pulse quickened reading it. so similar to my story, only difference is, 'homeless drug addict' was the lifestyle I wasn't cut out for, rather than criminality.
I am also writing a memoir about my experiences - most of my drug friends are dead, including two ex-boyfriends. Like your friends, they didn't have the support systems to choose a better path. the "what if I'm breaking the code by telling this story?" fear is so, so real. I always tell myself that the people in mine would be happy to be remembered as human beings with addictions, rather than JUST addicts, and in that way I am bringing them dignity, humanizing them. I bet the same is true for you too. Anyway, write on, and I look forward to reading more of it!
Thank you for this Gina. Looking forward to reading your stuff as well.
Well done sir. Ty
Upvote for memoir.
Thank you for sharing your story. Vulnerability is a great thing.
Thank you for reading it.
Good that you are finding therapy within it as that's been the same here in Ukraine with the exception that I think it's helping stave off PTSD. Cutting off the people from those days was your smartest move (I have been in those shoes). I still love many of the people I traveled that road with but they are tucked away as a memory now. Good to find your voice and tell it like it is...it's very rare these days. Bob Marley's "Redemption Song" now gets listened to. Peace out. Write the memoir..
Thank you for this man. It was good move. I would be somewhere else if I hadn’t done it, no question.
These songs of freedom. Peace.