“The positive cannot exist without the negative.” ~Alan Watts My heart was empty. It had never felt that empty before. Sometimes I felt a gap gnawing at my chest making everything around me feel like half of a whole. I felt like a piece of me had died. I painted my childhood bedroom grey that summer, picking out the color carefully after taping paint samples on the wall and pondering them for hours. The old color gave me a headache; it glowed neon green and looked dirty now from years of feet on the walls. Hidden above the moldings, I … Continue reading How to Survive a Breakup with an Addict and Heal Your Heart