We say we believe in second chances—but only until risk, liability, and reality enter the room.
Category: Notes from the wasteland
We don’t miss the disease. We miss the version of the story where we survived it.
We don’t romanticize disease—we romanticize surviving it. And that difference matters more than people want to admit.
Boundaries Are Not Negotiations
A boundary is not a request for better treatment—it is a decision about what you will no longer tolerate. And once it becomes negotiable, so do you.
Scars of Service: Harm Reduction, Redemption, and the People Who Refuse Both
A former provider reflects on becoming the patient—where judgment replaced care, and how harm reduction could have changed everything.