September 2018

Flying spaghetti monster

At 16, she crashed hard. But her sponsor helped her find some hope and even a Higher Power

Even my earliest memories of life were filled with despair and wishing, begging God to take me, let me die. In school, I went from desperately seeking approval by getting good grades and jumping through social hoops that never stopped moving, to a hateful case of “to hell with it!,” as the result of trauma, depression and more. 

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