Melissa Petro
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When I first got sober, I started to accept that the “happy” occasions in life — holidays, birthdays and other special events — might not only feel happy. When I’m “supposed” to feel good, I feel nervous, anxious, and embarrassed. The center of attention, I feel vulnerable and on display.
Read...It's pretty well understood in 12 step programs that "who you see here and what you say here, stays here."
Read...“If you believe in the decriminalisation of sex work,” Ian Dunt rightfully points out, “you will instantly come under a sustained and highly emotive attack on your morality and your identity.” In this vein, when a man comes out in favor of sex worker’s rights, he becomes “a betrayer of women, a gender Judas encouraging violence against them.”
Read...Especially if you’re a woman, people assume you’re hungry for a man.
Read...Sure, "friends forever" sounds nice. In theory. But sometimes it's better that two people just not be friends.
Read...Guys, stop eating instant noodles. Seriously, they found lead in them. LEAD. Besides this, our stomachs can not digest them.
Read...Sometimes the fights I pick with my fiancé are really fights with myself.
Read...Would Sheryl Sandberg be able to get away with leaning in while donning Zuckerberg's signature v-neck T-shirt and jeans? History says no.
Read...You may have heard the old joke that 98% of people masturbate, and the other two percent are lying.
Read...We’ve all been in a situation where we've thought NO ONE CAN EVER KNOW THAT THIS HAPPENED TO ME.
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