Mama's boy

Mama’s Boy

Habili-blog 11/30/18 “Mama’s Boy” by Jared Mayes   She suddenly jolts up from a dead sleep. Dripping sweat, she looks at the clock. It’s nearly 3:00 AM. She tries to rationalize what could have woken her up. Did a door slam? Was it thunder? She already knows the truth she’d rather not admit. Something is wrong with her little boy. …

Act as if

Act as if

Habili-blog 11/26/18 “Act as if” by Jared Mayes   Ralph Waldo Emerson once posed the theory that if one “acts as if” long enough, they shall one day become. The fake it until you make it concept. Similar to the idea that to get the job you want you must dress for the part. You wouldn’t go into an interview …

Enabling

Treatment or Enabling?

Habili-blog 11/23/18 “Treatment or enabling?” by Jared Mayes   Free drugs! Get your free drugs! What if I was to yell that downtown in that park you only go to for one reason. The park that most avoid but some call home. Well wipe the slobber off your chin because I doubt you will ever hear those words uttered here …

acceptance

Accept yourself

Habili-blog 11/12/18 “Accept yourself” by Jared Mayes     It was the summer between 5th grade and 6th. We had just moved back to Texas from our most recent short lived stay in Kansas. I was prepared to count down the days until I inevitably started the first day of middle school in a foreign school with foreign kids who …

commit

Commit to yourself

Habili-blog 11/5/18 “Commit to yourself” by Jared Mayes   I will never get used to people giving up on themselves. After seeing it for so many years I have become numb to it, but to say it doesn’t affect me in some way shape or form would be a lie. I have learned to see everyone who comes into recovery …