I’ve written about this before, but here goes again — there is a pervasive myth about addiction and recovery. It’s a simple myth. They say you have to hit rock bottom before you can recover. What is rock bottom? People will tell you that it varies by individual, that your rock bottom and mine might not be the same.

A woman's journey through chronic pain, mental battles, and self-discovery, finding strength and hope amidst struggle.

Another segment of the abuses our agencies have done, and the tolls it's taken on us tax paying Americans. Feel free to comment and share what you know about these abuses, here.

A woman's journey through loss, struggle, and rebirth, finding love and herself again...............

How the Prussian military and how it influenced western civilization and other nations such as Japan.

Hi! My name is Julie and I have been learning to garden. This year we will take what we learned last year and build a new garden outside. Also, we can see how the greenhouse fares the second year. I will share some tips and tricks, as well as my success and failures with soil, seeds and equipment.

"A Love to Conquer" is a heartfelt poem about Devin, a kind-hearted and loving man overcoming his struggles with the support of someone who sees his true worth. Together, they face challenges and emerge stronger, their love conquering all.

At 17, I left home believing I was ready for anything. I wasn’t ready for isolation, rumors, or how quickly things could fall apart. This is the story of how I survived a season I never expected.

This is a short story; an echo of a poem already shared, where the lines learned how to breathe, linger, and become something fuller.

Hi 👋 there!? My comedy style short story is about my older sister named RENEE! This is also the title of my short story too! I dedicated this short story too my sister because I wanted her too know how special she is too me regardless of how other people may treat us differently in this world. It may make you think about your own kids and wether they may be treated differently too in this world by people?! You may also relate to my situation too and what I am outing about how people treat people differently sometimes regardless!? Do educated people get treated differently from the none educated people?! These are questions that you should think about?! Is my point of view right,wrong, or crazy?? Is there a point too what I wrote about????

Published in 2003, but still relevant today. Elaine Pagels contrasts the Gospel of John with the Gospel of Thomas, a non-canonical text discovered in 1945 at Nag Hammed, Egypt. Very enlightening and controversial. This is a blog post from my author's website johnstrapasonbooks.com

Intro to how me and my husband met and what is to come in my next note. It is about a three minute read.

Love Poem about strangers meeting each other through fate and coincidences, leading to a love story that will forever linger on...

Welcome to the first issue of my political newsletter. I’ll be writing about the major political headlines seen throughout the week.

This short story is about how a girl gets cheated by a loan agency and never receives the loan funds from them, making her friend lose trust on her and accuse her for it, and within the process one day, a girl meets a mermaid, who cries pure tears and grants her wish of taking revenge against the loan agency, receive the funds and give it to her friend as promised.

Elon Musk is possibly going to be the world’s first trillionaire in the very near future. Why? I don’t mean what has he done to earn that money, that’s another question. I mean, why does he want that result? Why was he pushing for this compensation package from Tesla, which is the largest compensation package that has ever been given to anyone ever?

The Declaration of Reclamation WE THE PEOPLE declare that: When a government forgets its purpose, the people must remember theirs.

Of Loyalty and the Constitution A free nation is held together by others helping each other when in need. In this current state of government, that has not been happening. The Constitution was not written to elevate leaders above criticism. It was written to give ordinary people grounds to resist them when necessary. Loyalty to a single figure is easy. Loyalty to a set of rules, especially when inconvenient, is harder. Ask yourself this plainly: If the same powers were wielded by someone you distrusted, would you still defend them? If the answer is no, then the issue is not ideology. It is power.

Now that I’m not as fully in crisis mode (the last two days were pretty scary, and I’m not out of the woods, but I have breathing room), it’s time to get back to some fundamentals. I’ve talked a bit about the rule of threes before, but to boil it down:

If you're playing MLB The Show 26, you've probably heard of Twitch Drops. It’s an easy way to unlock free rewards while watching live streams of the game on Twitch.