Living Proof: A Tale of Two Pandemics
It was a tough reality to come to terms with: now I had an opioid addiction ​and ​a global pandemic on top of that to worry about. I was
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May 21, 20208 min read
One Look Changed EverythingÂ
She named me Bradley Currie Jenkins, giving me her last name because her boyfriend, my dad, wasn’t interested with me...
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Feb 21, 20208 min read
Awakening
My parents married really young and had a total of 12 kids. Sadly, eight died in infancy, leaving them only four to raise...
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Jan 31, 20209 min read
Life Without Drugs
More to get him to shut up than anything else, I walked to the sliding glass doors.
I’ll be damned. Two dudes were climbing the fence...
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Jan 24, 20208 min read
No Longer a Victim
People used to look at me and see nothing more than an addict who couldn’t keep a needle out of her arm long enough to...
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Dec 24, 20198 min read
To Capture the Light Again
My mom gave birth to me in...Lagos State, Nigeria...but I should say, I come from a polygamous background. My dad had two wives...
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Dec 4, 20197 min read
When Horizons Fall
Teaching, preaching, writing, and interacting with students of all ages gave me a sense of satisfaction, and I was happy...
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Nov 27, 20199 min read
Forward Is the Only Direction
Those early years were rough on my mother as she was battling demons in the early stages of her alcoholism and drug addiction...
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Oct 15, 20199 min read
There Is Life After Opioids
Good, no one had robbed me of my pain pills. I pulled out my trusty relievers and tossed a handful back. I could be without a home...
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Sep 19, 20197 min read
14 Years Later
We had many adventures and shenanigans together. Unfortunately, both Stephen and I were influenced easily by peers...
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Jul 23, 20199 min read
Coming back from Rock Bottom
Coming from a conservative town, no one cared to learn why I didn’t have a dad. They just judged my siblings and me for it...
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Mar 14, 20197 min read
The Scars Tell My Story
But then…it was all over, and they divorced when I was just three years old. My dad moved on to yet another young gorgeous woman...
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Feb 15, 20197 min read
A Man’s Redemption
My father owned an ice cream shop a couple blocks from our house. His dream was a colorful candy store but with the blistering heat...
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Feb 1, 20198 min read
It All Became Clear
My father left my hometown of Harrison, Arkansas when I was still a baby and never came back to us, and my mother’s on-again-off-again...
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Jan 30, 20197 min read
In the Game of Life
Quirky and awkward. That’s how most people saw me in middle school and high school. I was the big kid with clumsiness in his DNA...
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Jan 17, 20198 min read
My Part Two
Most living things remain what they were at birth, however, a butterfly was once a caterpillar, and at the risk of waxing poetic, I...
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Dec 18, 20186 min read
The Reason
While many women in their 20s were enjoying college life, my mom was trying to keep up with her classes and work two jobs all while she...
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Mar 1, 20187 min read
My Heart’s Resolve
I couldn’t remember the last time dad wasn’t sick. Mom had never been consistently in my life due to her mental illness. Dad did a great...
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Feb 28, 20186 min read
Breaking the Bad
When I hear someone say that there’s no hope for an addict, I can’t help but shake my head. If someone like me can come back from all...
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Jun 1, 20175 min read
Forgiveness Is the Attribute of the Strong
There are times in life when we must choose whether we hold on to hate, or forgive and forget. Holding on to hate is the more common...
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