by cici reagan | Nov 4, 2020 | addiction and recovery, lifestyle and wellbeing, loss, relationships
Writing allows us to make sense of things. When we see events in black and white, we can begin to explore our true feelings. It can help us find answers, or even accept that we may never have any. Anyone who’s been lost in a book knows that words can take us places....
by cici reagan | Apr 27, 2020 | addiction and recovery, lifestyle and wellbeing
Trigger warning: mentions of abuse, domestic violence, addiction, and suicide. What is PTSD? When you experience a trauma, your brain prioritises danger responses (getting your heart rate up, preparing to fight or run, etc) rather than processing what’s...
by cici reagan | Apr 6, 2020 | lifestyle and wellbeing
everything is stillbut also moving-vibrating in placewith fearand productivityand anxiety wearing a mask. I hearthe sound of lawnmowers,of children laughing,dogs barking,and everyone is home.it could almost be a holiday,if you closed your eyesand wished really hard....
by cici reagan | Dec 31, 2019 | addiction and recovery, lifestyle and wellbeing
Three years sober Quayside, NCL Surgery day Post-surgery Starting my own business, Brilliant Estate Planning The coast Artists in Recovery show at Tynemouth Preparing for my first ever show Out with business friends A birthday party Best friend Two year wedding...
by cici reagan | Apr 18, 2019 | lifestyle and wellbeing
if my life is a movieas i walk down the hospital hallsthe music should fadeto that weird non-silence,that deafening, low vibrato of nothing. it reverberates through my brain[even though it doesn’t exist.] the sun is shiningas it rainsand the puddles splash...
by cici reagan | Feb 17, 2019 | lifestyle and wellbeing
I’m doing my best, but very rarely does that satisfy me.I still have this picture in my head,This idea,Of the uber-cici, the ultimate me,Who can do all the things all the time and never slow,Never stop.This is very problematic and unrealistic,I’m aware,But...
