On Shame & Relapse
I’m Somali, which means I can only talk about my addictions in the past tense. Relapse can’t be in my closed captions. But I’m an addict, no scratch that… I am human. I’m also autistic. Addiction runs in my veins.
The Undiagnosed Autistic Somali Experience
So a few weeks ago I got invited to write an essay about my Autism journey for the Public Neurodiversity Support Center. It’s an online resource for Neurodivergent (ND) people (and their loved ones) to educate themselves. The topic of
The Work ’96
Nobody wants to be used. …
Sundrops
You know, I used to want to work at hospitals, back in the day, because I found hospital folks were generally more empathetic than other folks. I now work at a hospital and I’m finding that, one – our dreams