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Writings on memories from the past, about the future, and other short fictional and nonfictional stories surrounding addiction, recovery, and my life in general.

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Staycationville, The Series: Ep. 1 – Pt. I

  • by Ryan S.
  • Posted on June 19, 2020December 29, 2020

The first part of a series of how alcohol and other bad choices led me to a piece of who I am today.

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  • Short Fiction

Life In Death – Chapter 2: The Albatross

  • by Ryan S.
  • Posted on November 11, 2019

A fictional story about one man’s way of coping in his world of horrors.

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Life In Death – Chapter 1: The Mariner

  • by Ryan S.
  • Posted on October 26, 2019November 11, 2019

A fictional story about one man’s way of coping in his world of horrors.

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  • Stories of the Street

On Homelessness — A Prequel

  • by Ryan S.
  • Posted on June 16, 2019January 17, 2020

A prequel story about being homeless and the desperation that led up to my very first blog post “The Hardness of Homelessness.”

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Contagicide

  • by Ryan S.
  • Posted on June 13, 2019

A fictional story of a world where suicide is nearly extinct and nothing is the same, and the day in the life of an ordinary onlooker who sits back and sees every day as just more of the same.

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  • Memory Bank

V for Veiled

  • by Ryan S.
  • Posted on June 13, 2019November 5, 2019

How I learned that no matter which mask I wore, I still felt all the same anxieties within myself underneath.

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  • Life Lessons

Icepick

  • by Ryan S.
  • Posted on June 13, 2019June 15, 2019

A lesson of anger and expectation learned through the actions of another.

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  • Dear Sister – Year 1

    September 20, 2020
  • Staycationville, The Series: Ep. 1 – Pt. I

    June 19, 2020
  • Life In Death – Chapter 2: The Albatross

    November 11, 2019
  • Life In Death – Chapter 1: The Mariner

    October 26, 2019
  • On Camping

    September 3, 2019

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About the author:

Ryan S.

Ryan S.

Born and raised in Elk Grove, CA, I've battled with various addictions throughout my entire life. I've discovered that through writing about my experiences and struggles, along with the other various forms of writing that I do, it gives my addictions, traumas, and worries of the future a little less power within my thoughts. This, to me, is therapy, and a route toward recovery through a little hindsight, which brings me to a happy medium with my struggle within my discovery of self.

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