Melissa Steussy
Bio
Author of Let Your Privates Breathe-Breaking the Cycle of Addiction and Family Dysfunction. Available at The Black Hat Press:
https://www.theblackhatpress.com/bookshop/p/let-your-privates-breathe
Stories (81/0)
Like a Diamond In the Rough
I called in sick to work today. It was hard and I felt guilty. I worried about what my supervisors would think if I didn’t show up. I worried about how my not being there would affect the student population I work with. I felt bad that others would need to do more to pull the weight of my absence.
By Melissa Steussy2 years ago in Motivation
We Are All Dying in Our Own Private Vessels
I woke up from a deep sleep with some weird dreams and a case of the Sunday Scaries. I don’t mind my job. I like it in fact. I connect with kids and it brings me joy, but it takes a lot of my time. Sometimes after work, my brain is too fried to write or have any creative ideas. Sometimes my brain is too fried to have enough energy to engage with my own kid or to head to the gym.
By Melissa Steussy2 years ago in Psyche
Nano-Day 6
My first thought was to write a devotional. You know those handy books that you can pick up once a day and get a message to carry you through. I love those. I’ve read from many and they are actually really helpful to get your mind centered and to focus on something other than what might be rolling around in your head.
By Melissa Steussy2 years ago in Journal
I Had Never Left Washington State.
I had have never left Washington state Until I hit 16 and found myself pregnant I had a high school boyfriend with whom I was very much in love. We were 16 and both rebels. We liked to smoke, drink and do drugs. We had intense chemistry and when we met that day in study hall and then later again and again in in-school suspension we knew we were a match made in heaven.
By Melissa Steussy2 years ago in Confessions
Am I Just Substituting One Addiction for Another?
I started drinking alcohol around 12. Right from the get-go, I drank alcoholically. I couldn’t get enough of that burn in my chest and the magic feeling of being weightless and unafraid. I continued to do everything I could to get the fiery liquid into my body including stealing, manipulating, and even using sex as a tool to get my needs met.
By Melissa Steussy2 years ago in Psyche
- Top Story - November 2021
I Just Want To Write, God Dang It.Top Story - November 2021
Many people have to get up at 4:00 AM to do what their heart desires. They cram what they love into the first hour of their day and then drudge through the rest with the things they have to do to get to do the one thing that they actually want to be doing.
By Melissa Steussy2 years ago in Journal