addiction - The Daughter Journey

Midnight Type: Truths and Troubles

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It’s midnight and I can’t sleep. I have a lot on my mind and drugs (prescribed) in my body so I’m just going to ramble. Not […]

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Midnight Type: Let’s Get the Day Started

/ addiction, adhd, getting out of bed, medication, mental illness, mistakes, psychiatrist, today, vyvanse, writing

So I couldn’t sleep tonight…well yesterday to be exact. So I thought, “Let’s just get the day started. I can blog. I can craft. I can

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Giving up things of the world

/ acceptance, adderall, addiction, alcohol, anxiety, baggage, beach, beliefs, binge drinking, blogging to be better, borderline, boundaries, depression, father, Jesus, living a better story, living below my potential, loneliness, loving myself today, memoir, memories, mental illness, mother

I just want to float away. It seems too easy to be that easy – you can just leave all the pain behind and no longer be in pain even though you’ve floated away from everyone who loves you?

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There’s just something about her

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I’m on a journey. I guess you could call it a daughter journey. Some days I forget that I’m a daughter (I also have no contact

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108 Day Journey

/ adderall, addiction, alcohol, anxiety, baggage, beliefs, binge drinking, blessings, blogging to be better, challenges, choices, clarity, commitment, community, connection, depression, dragontree, drug use, drugs, finding my place, getting over my past, giving to others, grace, growth, guilt, healing, inner critic, Jesus, journaling, medication, meditation, memoir, mental illness, mistakes, mother, mothers, moving forward, narcissism, passing of time, questions, reading, reflection, running, searching, transformation, writing

“Let me know, let me know when I’ve got room to run” – Dermot Kennedy I’m very much moved by music. I easily cry during my

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Winter in Spring

/ addiction, alcohol, anger, anxiety, authentic self, baggage, blogging to be better, challenges, childhood, death, decisions, dying, forgiveness, getting out of bed, getting over my past, grace, guilt, healing, human suffering, memoir, memories, mental illness, suicide

“Feels like winter follows you around.” There’s a song by Dermot Kennedy and that is a line in one of his songs. I relate to that

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Another Sleepless Night brought to you by Vyvanse

/ adderall, addiction, adhd, blogging to be better, can't sleep, medication, mood cycles, vyvanse

It’s not all Vyvanse’s fault. I mismanaged my prescription today (i.e. took a second pill at 4 pm), but I had to do work. And I

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On the journey of med adherence

/ adderall, addiction, adhd, anxiety, authentic self, authenticity, challenges, choices, depression, diet, getting over my past, guilt, inner child, loving myself today, memoir, mood cycles, self-sabotage, shame, tightness in chest

I’ve been trying to find a way to say without saying that I have a problem taking prescription drugs as prescribed. I overtake the uppers to

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A.M. Ponderings: Medication Adherence

/ addiction, adhd, can't sleep, insomnia, medication, mental illness, vyvanse

I actually forgot I had written my most recent blog post, you know the one about consistency and “we’ll see how long this lasts.” Well I

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