After years of being misdiagnosed with depression and bipolar, I was correctly diagnosed a few short years ago as having Chronic Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. PTSD is an anxiety disorder. My anxiety... Read more >>

About six years ago, I tried crack for the first time. It never really had an effect on me until a childhood friend introduced me to mass quantities of it. He was the first person I ever told about... Read more >>

By the time I was twenty-one, I was married and had my daughter. I lived a drug free life until she was about fourteen. About three years ago, I woke up in the Intensive Care Unit because I overdosed... Read more >>

I was just riding along in my car listening to the radio and all of a sudden it hit me—the swift, unforgiving, and suffocating grief that literally took my breath away. I paused, my chest... Read more >>

When we hear the word stalking, usually the first thought that comes to mind is that of a crazed fan or the relentless paparazzi, in pursuit of a larger than life celebrity. For the rich and famous,... Read more >>

One out of three women worldwide will be physically, sexually, or otherwise abused during her lifetime with rates as high as 70% in some countries, says WomenThrive.org. Threats of physical or sexual... Read more >>

Thundering applause and every eye in the conference center followed my swift, confident steps onto the stage.  Extending a hand to congratulate me was the president of the global technology... Read more >>

All the things you didn’t see all that I wanted us to be lost in the abuse and negativity. Started drowning in uncertainties had to find a ledge to raise me from my knees to my feet to look at... Read more >>

Q:  What do you mean by “dangerous”? A: I mean, what is the likelihood that the person closest to you in your life is a candidate to go from annoying, wearisome, irresponsible,... Read more >>

To some, a shoe box is the home of lives yet to be lived—tiny bells with curvy letters written on them, showing the names of all the places they want to visit, letters from old loves that were... Read more >>