It was a media circus. I was on tv and in every major newspaper around the world. It was on every channel. I was being called the first mercy killer by a father of his child. Whenever I saw, or heard the words ‘killed his daughter’, it cut me deeply. Not sliced me, that’s too [...]
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Charlie G. Story – Pt.7
The next day (I think), a guard came and brought me my clothes and told me to get dressed, as he stood there and watched. I was brought to a courthouse, for a bail hearing. All I could do was ask ‘Please let me go and see my daughter, please, please, please. And the judge [...]
Charlie G. Story – Pt.6
So many questions. All I wanted to do was sleep. I was so tired. I didn’t want to think about what had happened.
They left me alone in an interrogation room and I climbed onto the desk and fell asleep.
I was awakened I don’t know how much later and told I was being taken to [...]
Charlie G. Story – Pt.5
We spend all of our lives on a ledge. As life thrusts things at us, sometimes we’re pushed off.
I got the bottle of valium the mental health center had prescribed me and poured them out onto the kitchen table. Then I started crushing them. When I was finished, I put the bottle of valium, [...]
Recovery Arts: ADDICTION TESTIMONIALS PT. 7
As the guitar wailed like electric wolves in the night, we made our way towards the stage and into the pit. We were small and out numbered, so we chose to stay on the fringes; something we’d do for the next several years of our lives as we entered deeper and deeper into the [...]
Addiction Testimonials Pt.6
It was the summer of seventh grade (1994). Me and Santos had tickets to go to the third Lollapalooza with my brother and his friends at Bicentennial Park Miami. We knew that the one thing we absolutely needed for the show was some weed.
We spent the next few weeks searching relentlessly like [...]
Pt. 5 Addiction Testimonials: The Hell of Christian School
Hey all, Ernesto here with the weekly “Addiction Testimonials” column. Sorry I didn’t post it last week. Anyway, for anyone interested in reading the previous few week’s installments, just click on any of the following links: Addiction Testimonials 1, Addiction Testimonials 2, and Addiction Testimonials 3, Addiction Testimonials 4. Until next week…Enjoy…E
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Pt.4 Addiction Testimonials: The Culmination
Hey all, Ernesto here with the weekly installment of my Addiction Testimonials. If you’re interested in reading the previous few parts click on the following links: Addiction Testimonials 1, Addiction Testimonials 2, and Addiction Testimonials 3 . Otherwise, without further ado, I present the fourth segment. Until next week…Enjoy…E
Pt.4 Addiction Testimonials: The [...]
Recovering Addict Finds Consolation in Folk Music
Folk singer and songwriter, Mary Gauthier, admittedly struggled with addiction for years, and in a recent interview with canoe.ca, said thanks to her recovery process, she was able to pursue her real love in life, “Folk Music.” Mary Gauthier was born an orphan in New Orleans, went through adoption homes, and by 15 had spent [...]
Pt.3 Addiction Testimonial: The Functions of Dysfunctionality: Confusion, Violence, Laughter?
Hey all, Ernesto here with the third installment of Addiction Testimonials. If you’re interested in reading the previous two parts click on the following links: Addiction Testimonials 1, Addiction Testimonials 2. Otherwise, without further ado, I present the third segment. Until next week…Enjoy…E
Pt.3 Addiction Testimonial:
The Functions of Dysfunctionality: Confusion, Violence, Laughter?
I remember when [...]
