Hi, My name is Lauren and I'm an alcoholic/addict.
Hi, my name is Lauren. I started writing poems in grade school and wanted to someday write a book. Then like some teenagers, got into drugs and alcohol. At this time, wrote many depressing, lonely and sometimes suicidal poems. This continued for a while as well. Until a freezing day in February, when I had a choice to make: go to a treatment facility or lose everything I had. My family gave me the ultimatum that changed my life forever. In February, I knowingly flew 1900 miles to California to live with a bunch of alcoholics and druggies. I ended up staying there for 45 days. I have now been sober every day since, one day at a time. During my time there and since, I started writing again. I have now written over 100 poems, so decided to write a book. It is called "from the weeds: a collection of poems." It is a collection of poems from all stages of my life. Everyone goes through different stages in their lives, some more difficult than others, but everything happens for a reason. I'm here to tell my story through poems, a glimpse into the head of an alcoholic/addict.
To check out my poems, go to: http://www.allpoetry.com/laurenyoder
To check out my photography, go to: http://www.laurenyoderphotography.com
To check out my poems, go to: http://www.allpoetry.com/laurenyoder
To check out my photography, go to: http://www.laurenyoderphotography.com