Category: Authenticity

  • Moments of peace come through,  soft and gentle as moonlight. Allowing me to return home to myself.  After such a long and arduous journey          of drug withdrawal, these moments are like being embraced by gentleness itself. Life in these moments is so very precious,        moments stretched into eternity. Knowing, finally, that I am beloved,      as are all other…

  • I was going to wait until the actual ten month anniversary (in three days) of being free from benzos, but I want to say this now. I need to say it now. I have the best family and extended family anyone could hope for. They’ve seen me through withdrawals, through fear and pain, and they…

  • I fought through darkness of terror and pain,and I survived because of love. I rode through the storms like Thunor,and screamed as I gained hard-won wisdom like Woden,as I fought through the blackest halls where shadows whispered lies. It was the love of my wife and sons that saw me through,when I was in darkness…

  • The Importance of Being Yourself

    This is the most open I’ve ever been in my public writing, so please forgive me if it runs long. I write because it’s the clearest way I know to speak from my inner world. Sometimes the only way I can express what I feel is through poetry. Other times, like now, I need plain…