Addict’s Way

By Stephen Liosi Addiction can be sneaky. Whether it’s crack, meth, alcohol, gambling, or something else, it can sneak up on you when you’re not looking. You take your first drink or snort your first line to relax or forget. You do it because there is something in your life you cannot deal with at…

The Death of Manners Part 2

Photo credit: ShotByJake on Pixabay You've seen the videos. Usually, teenage girls get in some guy's face (whether justified or not, we don't ever see that part), and yell at him followed by a wind-up and a resounding slap. Then they're sitting on their asses, hand to a cheek with their mouths agape in shock.…

Stronger Together

Growing up, I was an avid reader. I even ventured into writing poetry for a while. I sucked at it, but I enjoyed it. Fast forward more years than I'll ever admit, and I finally sat down to write and publish a book. I'm proud to say I'm the only person in my family to…

My Months – PTSD Edition

I'm sitting at my computer writing this hopped-up on caffeine and carbs. Not healthy, you say? I don't care. They're the only reason I'm awake, not in a fitful slumber of runaway recriminations and flashbacks. I tried to get some sleep last night, but as soon as I started to drift off my mind reminded…

You Left Me Behind

Apparently, WordPress has made a change so pics and links cannot be added to blogs without having some weird grey bar show up in the blog in random places. What that's about, I don't know. So if anyone has an easy tech-for-dummies solution to this, please let me know in the comments. I'm beyond aggravated.…

Truth in Fiction

If you Google the definition of fiction, this is what you find: literature in the form of prose, especially short stories and novels, that describes imaginary events and people. Imaginary events and people. I would add, also potentially imaginary worlds, as in the case of paranormal, fantasy, or sci-fi. Fiction isn't real life. For many,…