Catharsis of an Unstable Mind: Writings of a Bi-Polar, Recovering Alcoholic Addict
By Lori Keeth
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It's like I couldn't sleep unless I got all those thoughts out of my head and then I could lay my head down and sleep. I had kept my writings in a file all these years and when I had my nervous breakdown, my medications weren't working like they used to and I felt manic and pulled all the writings out to look over. It was then I started to work on compiling my poems for publishing. I feel like the title explains how I feel. Putting this book together has helped me work through some issues and it gave me focus in such a confusing time. I hope that maybe it will touch someone and they will seek help if they need it, for whatever reason (drugs, alcohol or mental health). And know this, you are not alone!
Lori Keeth
As a child, my parents divorced and I grew up with my mother, brother and sister. It was then that the sadness and anxiety came. I eventually using alcohol and drugs to deal with my emotions. I started writing poems just to get a sense of relief and continued writing until my young adulthood when I was diagnosed bi-polar disorder and anxiety and started me on medications. Once on the medications, I found that I was not able to write poems anymore. I was able to function and go to college and I have an Associates Degree in Nursing. I had kept it together for 20 years and then I had a nervous breakdown and now I find writing, remembering and everyday things are difficult but I keep trying. I refuse to give up. I am 45 and find that I am having to start my life over again but I have a good family and I am blessed.
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Catharsis of an Unstable Mind - Lori Keeth
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Table of Contents
Succinct
Kindness
You
Am I?
Ciao!
We
Once Again
Affirmations
Gratitude
My Own Angel
Whose Skin am I in Today?
Reflections
Oh, how I adore the Night
I’m getting off this Train
Invalidations
I’m wearing the Wrong Negligee
Will I Always Be Afraid?
Just Breathe
Reflections of Me
Demons
PONY GIRL FOR MY MASTER
Afflictions
Who Knew?
The Company of Another
It’s Always the Same Thing
Is it the Truth?
Indescribable Separation
True Friends
Afflicted
Empty Vessel
Recreational Substances
But I Can’t See the Truth
Acceptance
The Awakening
Chianti
Thoughts of What’s to Come
And it’s Coming Hard!
Catharsis
Mulling it over
It’s Expensive Calling from the Other Side
There Are Only Little Things.
I am a Watercolor—No More
I scream so loud and yet No one Hears
My Prayer
Foreword
My name is Lori Michelle and I am many things. I am a daughter, a sister, a mother, and now I am a grandma. In addition to those wonderful blessings, I am also a recovering alcoholic and drug addict. Did I forget to mention that I am bi-polar with extreme anxiety issues? I have been writing since I was in about the fourth or fifth grade before I was put on medication to help with the highs and lows of my disorder. Once on medication I feel, to excuse the term, dumbed down
and my creativity doesn’t come like it did before. I struggle for each word and now find using a computer to write more time saving than erasing multiple times.
I have kept these writings over the years and would take them out and remember where I was at that particular moment in my life and could even relive the events. It’s not always a good thing as you will read through some of the writings. Some of the writing