The Power and Danger of Honest Writing (excerpt)
by Staci Stokes Morgan
Trigger Warning: Mention of Suicide Attempt
Until I woke up in the hospital in Peru on 27 February 2022, after trying to kill myself with a cocktail of Xanax and Stoli, I had been an English teacher for 22 years. I was so lucky to get intensive inpatient therapy and a better, safer cocktail of medication to regulate my brain chemistry. But when my disability ran out, I was fired by my employer, Freeport McMoRan.
