Elizabeth

“I was okay with that because guys are always nice to girls because they want to have sex with us. Then after they have sex with us, they are mean to us.”
― Amber Tozer, Sober Stick Figure: A Memoir

“These were the days before cell phones, so our plans consisted of one phone call to a landline and a lot of faith.”
― Amber Tozer, Sober Stick Figure: A Memoir

“The version of you that wore smaller pants The version of you that wore ten sizes bigger than you do now All those versions are good The you in the photos way back in your camera roll that make your heart sink Because you feel you’ve let yourself go—that version and this version? Both good The version of you that you’d never want to mentally feel like But still wish you physically looked like”
― Josie Balka, I Hope You Remember: Poems on Loving, Longing, and Living

“When you’re drunk all of the time, you don’t care about anyone but yourself and all you want to do is feel good and escape discomfort. Helping other people, or even caring about them too much, isn’t possible. It either felt like an inconvenience or a situation that needed intimacy and empathy. No, thank you.”
― Amber Tozer, Sober Stick Figure: A Memoir