Alcohol leads you to do things that make you dislike yourself. Things you may regret for days, weeks, months, or even years. Things that make you have to apologize to people you never intended to hurt.
“Why wouldn’t you tell someone you loved them? Once you loved someone, you repeated it until they were tired of hearing it. You said it until it ceased to have meaning. Why not? Of course, you goddamn did.”
― Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
― Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
“some families are made up of strangers and nothing can change it.”
― Mayflies
― Mayflies
“To Marx, it seemed foolish not to love as many things as you could.”
― Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
― Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
“Too often, the city is no more than a grim backdrop for morning and evening commutes, the work hours sandwiched between, but this quest has turned it into a playground for exploration...”
― Evenings and Weekends
― Evenings and Weekends
“Now, as I’ve suggested before, what is adaptive for children living in chaotic, violent, trauma-permeated environments becomes maladaptive in other environments-especially school. The hypervigilance of the Alert state is mistaken for ADHD; the resistance and defiance of Alarm and Fear get labeled as oppositional defiant disorder; flight behavior gets them suspended from school; fight behavior gets them charged with assault. The pervasive misunderstanding of trauma-related behavior has a profound effect on our educational, mental health, and juvenile justice systems.”
― What Happened To You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing
― What Happened To You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing
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