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Posts by K.A.H. Conway

K.A.H. Conway is a writer whose work explores grief, womanhood, healing, and transformation. Drawing from her own lived experiences, she writes with honesty and depth about loss, recovery, and self-rediscovery. Her voice is raw, intimate, and deeply human—inviting readers to find strength in vulnerability and meaning in pain.

When the Person You Love Is Disappearing into Addiction

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“Boundaries are the distance at which I can love you and myself at the same time.” ~Prentis Hemphill

I thought I had seen the worst of it. I thought I knew what it meant to watch someone you love disappear into addiction. My mother taught me that lesson long before I was old enough to truly understand it.

Growing up, I saw her sink deep into heroin. I learned to read the signs before she even spoke. I knew when she was high. I knew when she was lying. I knew when she was gone, even when she was …