Downward Spiral
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Ongoing<5 mins
Last published Wed, Jul 26, 2017
possible triggers *mentions of war/death, depression and drug abuse*
Marie Robinson's father has been MIA (Missing in action) for three months now. Her friends drag her to a party in an attempt to cheer up their depressed friend unknowingly introducing her to a young drug dealer. His name is Aaron Carter and as Marie soon discovers, he has as many issues as she does. They both take drugs but when they met something changed. Marie wants to get better, she doesn't want to be addicted to drugs anymore and Aaron shares her feelings. But life is never so simple.
This is the diary of a girl desperately trying to save herself in a world she can't even fully understand.
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