Saturation is available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Saturation-Memoir-Jennifer-Place/dp/1461018129/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1602094107&sr=1-4 The following is an excerpt from my memoir. Mostly, I spoke to Dick like this because I was impressed by the insanity of his answers and I wanted to hear him repeat them. He’d say something like, “I can imagine who you are and what you’re like when you’reContinue reading “Chapter 4 continued …”
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Chapter 4 ~ CHANGES
The following is an excerpt from my memoir Saturation. I was rarely predictable. My moods fluctuated depending on several factors: they fluctuated depending on the amount of alcohol I’d already consumed, the amount of alcohol within my reach, and the amount of alcohol that I knew I needed to buy. These were all of utmostContinue reading “Chapter 4 ~ CHANGES”
He Called
Dick called a few days later and said he’d like to see me again. I said, “Okay”, not because I was excited by the idea or moved by him in any way, but because I couldn’t think of a good reason not to. It was that simple. A few days after that date, when heContinue reading “He Called”
Chapter 3 ~ Sushi and Sake, con’t …
It was a warm and busy weekend night, and I was too buzzed to take offense to Dick’s late arrival. Alcohol numbed my judgment and my integrity like a Novocain shot to the gums before a dental procedure. I felt nothing but a warm floaty numbness that I equated to wonderful. As long as theContinue reading “Chapter 3 ~ Sushi and Sake, con’t …”
How Do You Support An Addict?
The ways are numerous, but first – I think the most important thing is to ask your heart to have a little sit down with your conscience. Those two things need to come together in agreement to support YOU before you can comfortably offer support to your addict. Once you establish what you can andContinue reading “How Do You Support An Addict?”
Chapter 2 – Con’t
Saturation, A Memoir is available on Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/Saturation-Memoir-Jennifer-Place/dp/1461018129 I still knew quite a few people around Tulsa. All of my old classmates were still in high school. This time, they were seniors. And while they were in class or sleeping under their parent’s roofs, I was working, going to college and living in myContinue reading “Chapter 2 – Con’t”
Saturation, A Memoir
The following is an excerpt from Chapter 2 of my memoir, Saturation. I stayed with an older friend who had her own apartment until one day, another friend of mine decided to bail with me to California. We packed my little yellow Toyota Corolla and took off to sunny California. The oil pan was severelyContinue reading “Saturation, A Memoir”
Chapter 2, A Wee Brief History of Me pt 2
Continued from 5 August 2020 The following is an excerpt from my memoir Saturation~ Peggy started verbalizing that she was there to replace my “terrible” Mother who had, since our arrive to Colorado, moved to California. I resented Peggy – loudly. The older I got the more she nitpicked and tried to control me. IContinue reading “Chapter 2, A Wee Brief History of Me pt 2”
Busted – Again pt 4
Continued from 4 Aug 2020 The following is an excerpt from my memoir Saturation. “You need to hang up your phone now.” One of the cops said. “I’m talking to my dad.” I explained. “I know you are. I can hear you. But I’m not supposed to let you use your phone. You can callContinue reading “Busted – Again pt 4”
