I use alcohol to get past my social anxiety when I have to be friendly and extroverted. But I don’t know how long I can keep doing it. It’s Alcohol Awareness Month. I am someone who is very aware of alcohol — I have used it to self medicate for anxiety for many years, more...
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My Father was an Alcoholic, and the Scars Remain
I am still unsurprised when men walk away from me without looking back, exactly the way my dad did, because, deep down, I know that’s what men do. (Content warning: domestic abuse) “I was born of violence and dissonance; it was not love that made me.” –1976 My father didn’t come to the hospital to...