Lessons I Learned From Loving A Drug Addict
If you’re lucky, they recover. If you’re really lucky, you recover, too.
Alicia Cook
Alicia Cook is a writer and award-winning activist living in Newark, New Jersey.
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Your Parents Become 10X Cooler After College
I would estimate that since I graduated college and experienced all of the other cliché adult milestones, my parents have naturally shifted from the authority figures in my life to their current roles of “life consultant,” “confidant,” and “friend.”
8 Things You Learn When A Breakup Is Your Fault
5. A million people cannot replace one not being there.
10 Things To Tell Your Daughter When She’s Grown
You are not unique. Sure, I don’t like how this sounds one bit when taken out of context. When I say “you are not unique” I don’t mean you are not special or one of a kind.
Why Wait Until Midnight To Make A Change?
The following days and weeks that follow show some people on their New-Years-Eve-Resolution best behavior. By the next month though, not so much.
I Cut Ties With A Toxic Family Member And I’m Better Off Without Them
As you grow and experience adult life, you learn the hard truth about things…about people.