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All literary articles and poetry contained herein are written by staff, patients and trainee of MPF-RBR Pasig and Cebu. Some names have been changed or omitted to maintain confidentiality.
My Second Home By Marj
All literary articles and poetry contained herein are written by staff, patients and trainee of MPF-RBR Pasig and Cebu. Some names have been changed or omitted to maintain confidentiality.
My Second Home By Marj
I was brought to a place where everything was unknown to me. A place I never even thought of at my age. I was brought to Roads and Bridges to Recovery. They call this place a therapeutic community. I had absolutely no idea where I was. I just knew it was a rehabilitation center. I knew what rehab was although I didn't expect it to be like this. They way I saw it, I was sent to military school. But I wasn't. I was sent to a place where I could process the wrong things I' ve done. Better yet, to process myself.
My age is 16 years. Yes, a young age. I grew up in a very blessed family. Chaotic, but blessed. One of the important things you should know about me is that when I was brought to this place I didn't know myself at all. The only thing I was sure of was that I needed help. My family couldn't give me the help I really needed. So, they trusted this facility to help me. Having been here for 58 days, I am still trying to figure out why I m here. Well, of course I know why. Because of my attitudes? Yes. Every time I think about my past, I try so hard to do those things. Why I couldn t accept the fact that there was something horrible manifesting in me. I guess one of the reasons is that I couldn' t accept the fact that I was hurting my family a lot. Especially my mom. I've hurt my mom so much that I could honestly just detach myself so that I wouldn' t hurt her again. My dad? I don t really know anything about my relationship with him anymore.
Since I've been here, not a single day goes by when I don t think about them. I think of why I started to rebel against them. Why I didn' t even think of changing. What triggered me to do those things. I knew in my heart that I didn' t have the right to do those things because my family gave me everything I could ever ask for. Although I found myself unsatisfied. Well that s why I m here. I m here to change myself inside out. To find. out why I was never satisfied.. I m positive that I will become a better person after my stay. I still have a long way to go, a lot more to learn. I m here for my family and myself. I can t afford. to hurt the people I love any more. They inspire me to keep going when I feel lilac breaking down. This place will make me stronger. I've learned a lot already. Things I would never even notice outside. I Ion t regret being brought here. I appreciate the tough love my family here is giving me. This is now my second home.
My age is 16 years. Yes, a young age. I grew up in a very blessed family. Chaotic, but blessed. One of the important things you should know about me is that when I was brought to this place I didn't know myself at all. The only thing I was sure of was that I needed help. My family couldn't give me the help I really needed. So, they trusted this facility to help me. Having been here for 58 days, I am still trying to figure out why I m here. Well, of course I know why. Because of my attitudes? Yes. Every time I think about my past, I try so hard to do those things. Why I couldn t accept the fact that there was something horrible manifesting in me. I guess one of the reasons is that I couldn' t accept the fact that I was hurting my family a lot. Especially my mom. I've hurt my mom so much that I could honestly just detach myself so that I wouldn' t hurt her again. My dad? I don t really know anything about my relationship with him anymore.
Since I've been here, not a single day goes by when I don t think about them. I think of why I started to rebel against them. Why I didn' t even think of changing. What triggered me to do those things. I knew in my heart that I didn' t have the right to do those things because my family gave me everything I could ever ask for. Although I found myself unsatisfied. Well that s why I m here. I m here to change myself inside out. To find. out why I was never satisfied.. I m positive that I will become a better person after my stay. I still have a long way to go, a lot more to learn. I m here for my family and myself. I can t afford. to hurt the people I love any more. They inspire me to keep going when I feel lilac breaking down. This place will make me stronger. I've learned a lot already. Things I would never even notice outside. I Ion t regret being brought here. I appreciate the tough love my family here is giving me. This is now my second home.
