Fentanyl overdose survivor shares hope at One Pill Can Kill conference

Content Note: drug addiction, overdose, eating disorders Last month, I went to the One Pill Can Kill conference, hosted at the school where I teach. I wrote a freelance article about it for the Beaumont Enterprise while one of my journalism students covered it for the school newspaper. READ MORE: Southeast Texas schools lead TexasContinueContinue reading “Fentanyl overdose survivor shares hope at One Pill Can Kill conference”

Your struggle doesn’t have to own you

Content note: discussion of eating disorders I took these photos almost a year ago now—in late October when I was coming towards the end of a virtual intensive outpatient treatment program. It was the only way I knew of that I could get help for my eating disorder while also working a full-time job andContinueContinue reading “Your struggle doesn’t have to own you”

Help an ex-fundie human trafficking survivor: This single parent + toddler are moving for better healthcare access

Photo: Megan McKinzey Photography We want to help one of our friends reach stability three years after he left an abusive ex-partner with a newborn. In the next month, he needs to relocate to gain better access health care and manage several chronic conditions that often go along with hypermobile Ehler-Danlos Syndrome, which causes frequentContinueContinue reading “Help an ex-fundie human trafficking survivor: This single parent + toddler are moving for better healthcare access”

Thank you for staying

I have something to say to all of my friends. I love you all very much. For those of you who have been with me through this long, crazy journey and never left, I deeply appreciate you for being willing to stick it out with me through the long haul. You might have met meContinueContinue reading “Thank you for staying”

Those nights kept me alive: Chat logs from my escape

Here’s another post from my escape. I’ve been remembering it in pictures and with an old email I wrote to friends explaining my situation as it was happening. Today, I’m posting some of my old chat logs. If you know someone who is being held too tightly, this is for you. If you are one ofContinueContinue reading “Those nights kept me alive: Chat logs from my escape”