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Honey 🍯 & Shadows πŸŒ‘'s avatar

I cannot wait to hear the rest congrats 🎊. Getting to a meeting seems easy but it’s not. This is wonderfully wriiten.

Bougie Hippie's avatar

Thanks so much Honey - that’s right, it’s one of the hardest things ever to do in life… and now on my Sunday I can’t wait to get to a mtg. xx

Everything is Gray's avatar

Wow. What an amazing option to purchase the book to send to a rehab center. Done!

Bougie Hippie's avatar

Margaret, thank you so much for this - i feel it’s part of our 12th step to give back. How long ago did you go to rehab and how long do you have sober? I re-stacked your other stack giving the shout out. Thank you so much. One question I was going to email you - do you have a rehab near you you’d like me to contact or okay with me sending to Circles of Care in Melbourne Florida where I grew up and a lot of friends from High School ended up there decades ago like I did.

Michael ForrestπŸ§™β€β™‚οΈ's avatar

Not yet πŸ€™πŸΌ

Bougie Hippie's avatar

that’s right, Michael. not yet.

Michael ForrestπŸ§™β€β™‚οΈ's avatar

Made me think of this scene

Bougie Hippie's avatar

omg perfect GIF!

Jennifer Walz,Medium's avatar

Who will play you in the film version of your story? Love your writing, just bought the bookπŸ™

Bougie Hippie's avatar

Oh wow, you just made my day /night turn brighter than it was. Thank you for that and straight to God’s ears. Ha. As you’ll read in the book, I ran from Hollywood, but it doesn’t mean we don’t think about the what ifs. I’d rather see who you think of when you read it. I love your writing as well Jennifer. We are here to do the work, to bring light in ways we sometimes don’t even understand. Virtual hugs over there.

Jennifer Walz,Medium's avatar

Thanks, Cyn, I’ll let you know when the visual appears! πŸ’œ

Kelly Trost's avatar

Hi Cyn, and hello to all Cyn's readers,

I've already read this book and it's an exceptional read. Many people might assume any book they consider to be a biography, a memoir, a self-help, or other nonfiction story of personal growth and transformation will not be an entertaining read. Don't think of It's Messy in Here this way. Cyn's book, though tragic at times, is not a downer. It has a little of everything and a lot of humor, which is dark, quick and constant. The pace of the book in its entirety is also fast. Add to this that the shock value lasts from cover to cover and you'll find It's Messy in Here is not boring!

Give it a read. I loved it!

Bougie Hippie's avatar

Kelly wow that review is even better than the last. Turned my day upside up in gratitude πŸ™πŸΌ

Kelly Trost's avatar

Hi Cyn, wow, your response just did the same for my night. Thank you so much for words this special. Even though this reply is arriving days late, it doesn’t mean it holds any less weight. Thank you.

Chris Keller's avatar

this is so good, and so true. some of us do not need the swanky rooms with the European cars parked in front. what we (including myself in this) need is/are something real, people with problems that eclipse our own, but somehow still keep coming back. (you know my journey started at 329 N 11th St., in downtown Las Vegas)

really well done Cyn.

Bougie Hippie's avatar

Had to look up where that is, TIE Club downtown. Must have spinned you straight there alright. Thanks Keller, this one was a hard one to hit post. x

Graeme Outerbridge's avatar

You are back.....and you are something really special to come back to..never doubt it again. Really well written. Stay strong because just like changing weather the battles keep coming. You are back so keep coming back^^

Bougie Hippie's avatar

Thanks for saying that Graeme, sometimes I need the reminder but here I am, and here we are... we keep coming back for ourselves and each other. x

Steve Werkmeister's avatar

Take care

Peter Wills's avatar

β€œKeep coming back kid.”

More than monologue we are given its the simple straightforward things that are said to us that stick. A sentence, a word, a phrase that resonates more than anything.

I just got your book Cyn and will be digging in to it soon.

I’m so glad you’re telling your story ❀️.

Bougie Hippie's avatar

Oh wow, cool. Can’t wait to hear your thoughts when you get to it. Keep coming back kid for sure!! πŸ–€

John Madrid's avatar

"What an ass" is what makes the whole thing credible. Most people would cut their own first reaction and go straight to the realisation. Leaving it in is why the turn lands.

And "not yet" at the end. You don't let yourself have the uplift there, and it's much stronger for it.

Bougie Hippie's avatar

John! I love that you catch these little things that are the biggest tells of all.

xx

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Bougie Hippie's avatar

Right!? After he yelled at me… then saw me crying admitting he was right… that’s when he folded because he knew I got his message. Loud and clear.