Recovery

Old Notes From My Journal

People say actions don't have consequences.

But tell that to my girlfriend who, 8 years later, still flinches when I touch her.

Tell that to my brother who takes the long way home just to avoid the cemetery where his best friend lies.

Tell that to my best friend, whose parents have spent more time seeing her in the hospital than they have in their own home.

Tell that to my cousin who will leave the room EVERY SINGLE TIME someone jokes about rape to avoid being seen crying.

Tell that to my sister who spent her first 10 days of life being weened off heroin because her own mother would rather put her own addiction first than her own children.

Tell that to my roommate who skips a meal every time she's told "she looks so much healthier now"

Tell that to my English teacher who calls in too sick to go to work on Mother's Day each year so she can visit the places her own mother never could.

So please, please, please don't fucking sit there and tell people to get over it, because I swear to god you have no fucking idea what they have gone through.