Stepping into Trust: A Poetic Journey of Recovery

Run. Run from fear. Run to overachievement. Her running began with the loss of her mother in adolescence. Then, if that wasn’t enough, she lost her father to a massive stroke. That pushed her to run further into perfectionism and an advancing career. On the surface, she was a successful professional who lived with a “go big or go home” attitude. But that was the surface. Underneath the bravado, a deep depression led to self-medication and addiction to alcohol. This is a story about overcomi...