" i never had thoughts that controlled me."
"until something bad, left me so lonely."
"and i want it back, i want the old me"
"i'm trying to forget, but things just remind me.."
In This Darkness - Clara La San
(TW⚠️!! Self Harm, Relapsing, overdosing)
Jasmine Amira Taylor
17
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i stared infront of my bathroom mirror.
staring at the melted and smeared mascara that had run down my face.
i stared at the blood in the sink.
and started to cry again.
i stared at my wrist.
looking at the multiple slits.
realizing that i had once again, relapsed.
i grabbed a tissue and wiped the blood from my wrist, stinging in the process. making my face scrunch up.
i was about to grab another tissue when my phone rang.
it was a notification from my calendar, it told me it was ethan's birthday.
i started to cry.
while looking at me and ethan hugging my on lock screen.
i powered my phone off.
continuing cleaning up myself while tears were dropping off my face onto my bathroom counter.
i looked once again in the mirror.
" i never had thoughts that controlled me.."
i said to myself while opening my cabinets getting some bandages for my wrist.
while i was wrapping my arm up i thought of how ethan stopped me from ever relapsing.
i was 8 months clean from self-harm and cocaine.
he helped me every step of the way.
whenever i was about to relapse, he encouraged me to not do it.
but after the few weeks he passed away, i relapsed.
and today was the day.
i looked at the "I Am Sober" app on my home screen.
looking at all my progress start over.
which made me once again sob.
i didn't bother to clean my face.
i walked out the bathroom into my bedroom.
looking at the picture of ethan on my nightstand.
i looked through my camera roll,
every picture i took looked dull, and full of sadness.
i had snot running from my nose and tears filling up my eyes to the brim in one of the pictures i saw.
i looked at the photo, analyzing it.
"i want it back, i want the old me" i said while staring at the photo.
i scrolled through my camera roll, finding a picture of me and ethan kissing.
"i'm trying to forget, but things just remind me" i said while putting my phone down.
i opened up my nightstand drawer, picking up a little bag of cocaine.
i dumped it on my nightstand.
sniffing it while coughing.
i continued sniffing it.
until i closed my eyes.You Overdosed.
457 words.
( yes i cried at this chapter. and i will be doing it again.)
