Contents
I Kiss Like a Horse Rebecca Woolf
Have You Ever Tiffany Blevins
I Am Loni Loni Taylor as told to Cynthia Hamond
Again Teal Henderson
Why I Have to Take U.S. History Again Tal Vigderson
Good-Bye My Angel Dear Tyler Phillips
Applying Myself C. S. Dweck
The Last Song for Christy Rebecca Woolf
The Final Act Lisa Teller
A Sobering Experience Sarah Jackson as told to Jennifer Braunschweiger
Hitting Bottom Jenny Hungerford as told to Susan K. Perry
That Warm Night Sarah Woo
What She Doesn’t Know Kate Reder
The Man My Father Was Kristine Flaherty
A Sobering Place Monique Fields
What Siblings Know Danielle Collier
How to Scare a Big Sister Natalie Atkins
Sixty-Second Flashback Tiani Crocker
Change Carrie Hill as told to Cynthia Hamond
Table for Three Isabel Philley as told to C. S. Dweck
A Most Precious Gift Jessica Colman
Memories of My Mother Amy Jo Johnson as told to Linda Friedman
The Last Months Traci Kornhauser
Our Song Jennifer Dalrymple-Mozisek
It’s Been a While Catherine Starr
Reaching Mom Analise Antone
I Never Knew Rosanne Martorella
I Am Krysteen Hernandez
Beyond Surviving: Suggestions for Survivors Iris M. Bolton
Learning from My Past Rachael Bennett
Another Statistic Amanda Parmenter
An Unbreakable Bond Sara Preston
Losing the Best Garrett Drew
Turn It Upside Down Jessie Williams
Sorrowful Lesson James Kisner
Someone to Watch over Me Eva Unga
A House Is Not a Home Zan Gaudioso
Building Bridges Charlie Simmons
Losing Myself Jenny Deyo
Help Me Hawon Lee
Nightmares Kara MacDonald
The Birth of an Adult Jonathan Krasnoff
Unstoppable Nick Springer as told to Stephanie Booth
The Long Journey Home Phillip Thuss
Born to Win Jake Repp
Lumps Christina Angeles
Go for the Gold Michael Munds
The Walk That Changed Our Lives Maggie McCarthy
What My Father Wore Bret Anthony Johnston
The Graduation Speech Cheryl Costello-Forshey
The Purse Tal Vigderson
Friends to the End Jenny Michaels as told to Cynthia Hamond
I’m Sorry . . . Teal Henderson
A Different View Zan Gaudioso
It’s Just the Way We Are Kristy Glassen
My Greatest Teacher William Elliott
9. EATING DISORDERS & DEPRESSION
Starving for Control Jamie-Lynn Sigler
Just One of Those Days Jenny Sharaf
Suffering in Silence Ruth Greenspan as told to C. S. Dweck
Cookie-Cutter Hands Kelly Peters as told to Rebecca Woolf
Numb Jessica Dubose
This Too Shall Pass Kimberly Kirberger
Seize the Day Teal Henderson
Some People Come Lauren Anderson
My Guardian Angel Meghan O’Brien
And Then I Tell My Story Maria Piñedo
I Wonder as I Wander Hilary Begleiter
The Death of a Friend Cassius Weathersby III
Timeless Friendship Andrea Wellman
Grandma’s Words of Wisdom Heather Deederly
Smiles in My Heart Sara Tylutki
Let’s Go Dancing in the Rain Claire Hayenga
When Tomorrow Starts Without Me David M. Romano
Wherever You Go Kari Fiegen
Somewhere in the Middle Liza Ortego
Losing Becky Gwynne Garfinkle
Something I Couldn’t See Caroline Smith
My Grandma Told Stories William Elliott
Where the Locks Click Open Stephanie Hsu
Rolling Down Summer’s Hills C. S. Dweck