TRIGGER WARNING: suicide

We all have demons. Some of us know them well. Others are oblivious to our weaknesses. In 2019, I tried to outrun mine by moving to Southern California. Two-thousand miles from everything I’ve ever known. Truly on my own for the very first time in life. I felt free and alive. A fresh start. A new beginning. Leaving the past and all the baggage on the East Coast. At first, everything was amazing. California was paradise. But it didn’t take long for my flaws to make the...