Who We Are

"Suffering doesn't just come in one form," Aria says, confidence practically dripping from every word. "Everyone is suffering. Everyone needs help. Even the ones who would do anything to help others. To help you." As she walks away, her words hang heavy in the air, constricting my throat until I can't call out to stop her.

Still in denial over his diagnosis of a so-called drug addiction, Everett struggles proving to everybody that he is still the same bright kid he has always been. In a desperate attempt to prove to be okay, and save the shattered remains of his masculinity, Everett attends therapy. Upon meeting the quirky, strong-willed girl named Aria who always supplies the under-baked brownies for the group therapy session that she does not attend, Everett begins an internal battle with who he is, who he has pretended to be, and who he wants to be, as well as discovering that pain is in everyone, and sometimes it is just as important to offer help as it is to accept it.