I know an alcoholic is the worse, but sometimes I wonder if it's better to have a drinking father that lives at home, or a drinking father, that never comes around.

An alcoholic is someone you don't like, who drinks as much as you do.

An over-indulgence of anything, even something as pure as water, can intoxicate.

Under the influence, I am easily influenced. I try to keep my pants on, but some things are easier said than done.

I take opioids to treat chronic pain. Stigmatizing them will harm me.

And she looked upon the mirror that was given as a gift. She hated everything about it, from the circular size of it, to the color, and the wooden frame that held it in place. But mostly, she hated looking at herself. Especially into this one that had a scratch on its glass surface, which would reflect back to her face. And as she looked, it would cut her as the words her father would often say, in telling her she was ugly.