Ever since I stopped drinking I realised that socializing is extremely exhausting for me. It's as if I can't function with people for let's say 4-5 hours without having to sleep it off the next day.

I think it's because I pretend to be someone else when I'm around strangers. There are echoes of my former personality, the dirty drunken slutty whore, but somehow it does not make sense anymore.

Who am I? I feel like I spent so much time trying to escape who I really am because I never felt validation from people. There are seeds of me believing that I am enough but they are but sprouts at this moment.

the photo is by Josef Rabara and it was taken as a part of photoshoot for Act Three

I feel like succesfully repressing the urge to call your friends baby ugly is one of the best signs of sanity, emotional clarity and good manners.