"I was ashamed of myself for being ashamed of myself. I didn't like feeling like that."

Shame, Self-Awareness, Emotion, Growth

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"I was ashamed of myself for being ashamed of myself. I didn't like feeling like that."

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"I wanted to buy a T-shirt that read: I AM UNKNOWABLE."

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"What is this thing you call substance abuse? All I wanna do is forget and get loose.Drinking and smoking over and overWhat's so great about a life that's sober?There's nothing cool about being youngWhen the monsters of night have stolen the sun.I'm tired of searching for words in the sky.All I wanna do is drink and die. Nothing is real. It's all a big lie. All I wanna do is drink and die. There's nothing cool about being youngWhen the monsters of night have stolen the sun."

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"The summer sun was not meant for boys like me. Boys like me belonged to the rain."

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"Life was like that- there would always be something scratching at the door. And whatever was scratching would just scratch and scratch until you opened the door."

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"All I knew is that sometimes my father was sad. I hated that he was sad. It made me sad too. I didn't like sad."

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"You're fighting this war in the worst way possible.' 'I don't know how to fight it, Dad.'You should ask for help,' he said.'I don't know how to do that, either."

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"But the thing is, I didn't make my friends happy and they didn't make me happy. All we did was get stoned out of our minds. That didn't have anything to do with happiness."

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"We think there's a reason for everything, as if life was supposed to make sense. It's not exactly math. People aren't numbers. Everybody knows life doesn't make any sense at all, so we just better deal with the whole mess. Have a beer. Have a cup of coffee. Have a piece of cake. Go out to a movie. Enjoy the Popcorn."

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"I wish I didn't have a heart that God wrote Sad on."

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