“The panic was there, staring me down in the face, all the time, like I had a hoodie on backwards and I… — Anne Clendening Copy Share Image
“I want to belong. Belonging makes things okay, and I want to be okay. I just want to be okay.” — Anne Clendening Copy Share Image
“I'm in hell. I'm separate from everyone and everything. I'm John Travolta in The Boy in the Plastic Bubble.” — Anne Clendening Copy Share Image
“One thing's for sure, everyone has something. Not everyone has a giant scar or a missing limb to show for it, but… — Anne Clendening Copy Share Image
“I don't want to hide. I don't want to be alone. I don't want to wander off into the desert in shame… — Anne Clendening Copy Share Image
“I didn't really want to hurt myself. I just wanted my old body back. That, and my old sense of normalcy, which… — Anne Clendening Copy Share Image
“I can’t tell you how many times I’ve woken up in a cold sweat thinking I’m being chased by a grunting, disfigured man wielding… — Anne Clendening Copy Share
“We've all felt a little incompetent, insufficient, overexposed, helpless, unlovable, terrified, defective, unfit and unsung at times. And deep down, for whatever reason, you… — Anne Clendening Copy Share
“I'm still trying to wrap my head around the absurdity of the fact that the day before she was here, and now, just one… — Anne Clendening Copy Share
“One minute, I'm a tragically average, fair and freckled eighth-grader with algebra homework. The next, I'm one who has swallowed liquor. I'm a rebel.… — Anne Clendening Copy Share
“Take a moment in between breaths to let yourself see what's left to be seen, all the places you've been. Your old haunts. I… — Anne Clendening Copy Share
“Addiction, at its worst, is akin to having Stockholm Syndrome. You're like a hostage who has developed an irrational affection for your captor. They… — Anne Clendening Copy Share
“I’ve always felt safer at night. You can be much more forgiving of yourself, not to mention the world and everyone in it, when… — Anne Clendening Copy Share
“Fact: You are part Shakespeare. You are part Jack the Ripper. You are part dinosaur. You are part of a star that exploded way… — Anne Clendening Copy Share
“Rise up and lift your sword, peaceful warrior. Keep it strong and steady. You've already lived and fought a thousand battles, and you're not… — Anne Clendening Copy Share
“I lead a double life. I'm John Wayne Gacy. I present myself in potentially awkward social situations as a laughing, colorful clown to gain… — Anne Clendening Copy Share
“When you're in the clutches of a drinking problem you don't really sit around thinking, I should really knock this shit off and go… — Anne Clendening Copy Share
“I'd much rather spend all day on the Santa Monica pier playing Asteroids than delve into the murk and analyze myself. And if you… — Anne Clendening Copy Share
“The panic was there, staring me down in the face, all the time, like I had a hoodie on backwards and I couldn't get… — Anne Clendening Copy Share
“I want to belong. Belonging makes things okay, and I want to be okay. I just want to be okay.” — Anne Clendening Copy Share
“It's amazing how fearless you can be when you want something bad enough, the lengths to which you'll go, the grit you'll put into… — Anne Clendening Copy Share
