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The Art of Holding Back

The original post by Natalie DeYoung can be found at The Art of Holding BackLooking back, I’m not sure why I was so nervous. Maybe it’s because it was my first “real” job after rehab and the wounds of...

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How I Talk Myself Down: An Unemployment Checklist

The original post by Natalie DeYoung can be found at How I Talk Myself Down: An Unemployment ChecklistThere comes a time in every job search when you start awakening with a start in the middle of the...

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I’m Going to Talk About Suicide

The original post by Natalie DeYoung can be found at I’m Going to Talk About Suicide I woke up on my 27th birthday on a shitty mattress in rehab. The December light speckled in through the gritty...

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Baking on a Friday Night

The original post by Natalie DeYoung can be found at Baking on a Friday Night I don’t know if I’ve told you this, but when I’m stressed out, I bake. Sometimes cookies or bread, but more often than not,...

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I Would Change My Name

The original post by Natalie DeYoung can be found at I Would Change My Name I was starting to realize I always notice smells. This room smelled of bureaucratic dust and the yeasty, lingeringly angry...

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The Long Walk Back

The original post by Natalie DeYoung can be found at The Long Walk Back I couldn’t have asked for a more gorgeous day off work. Sky so crisply blue it seemed tangible, clouds high and fluffy,...

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Where We Take Our Smoke Breaks

The original post by Natalie DeYoung can be found at Where We Take Our Smoke Breaks “That’s where we take smoke breaks,” Anna pointed toward an E-Z Up under the Eucalyptus, several yards from the...

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Compound Interest

The original post by Natalie DeYoung can be found at Compound Interest Everyone was laughing except me. At this point, I had pasted a smile to my face, which now felt stiff and wooden. I probably...

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Anonymous No More

The original post by Natalie DeYoung can be found at Anonymous No More I damn near forgot it was today when I got the text message from Mike asking if we could celebrate over dinner. Oh yeah. Six years...

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Eight Years

The original post by Natalie DeYoung can be found at Eight Years I have been sober eight years. That is long enough that now I have to count to figure it out. How many years has it been? Well, how old...

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