A Million Little Pieces!

A million little pieces was an interesting book. it had its lulls and places where i didnt really want to continue reading, but i stuck with it. it turns out james gets out of rehab and has not relapsed since he left. That must feel like an amazing accomplishment. Going from ruining your life, falling apart, to a strong man who can make decisions not to drink and who can control himself...for the most part. James' parents had to leave early because his dad had to tend to some business. James was upset and i would be too if my dad always put business before his family and child in rehab. James and his parents grew much closer and now they feel like a real family. They actually know each other now and all of them like that. James is recovering nicely and will be ok.

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Class!

So we finished Much Ado yesterday and we began to watch the movie. We finished the movie and started the project. I like the project...maybe because i like our topic. It is love and it is pretty easy to find love in this play. I am excited to see the presentations and read their handouts. With these types of projects when people divide topics and teach them to the class, i feel like i understand my topic really well but i dont understand everyone elses. I feel like dividing and conquering is less effective because i am spending just as much time, if not more, going through and trying to understand everyone else's topic. it is frustrating but the project itself seems fun and interesting.

A Million Little Pieces

James is doing very well in the Family Program. He is having fewer urges but is still having dreams, fantasies, of unlimited drugs and alcohol. When i first read about his dreams, and the sickness that followed, i thought that he must be in deep. While asleep the addiction is still very much alive inside of him. It is scary to think that a person can deal with stress like that. He has been through detox and withdrawls, but he will always be addicted. I never thought about that before this book. Addiction lives until the person dies. It is always there, living inside. That is scary to think about. This book has made me realize the hell that drugs bring and made me REALLY not want to do them...

Juno!

I saw Juno when I returned from France. The plot was interesting. A boy caused his best friend to become pregnant. She couldn't get an abortion so she had the baby and put him up for adoption. I feel like the theme of the movie was not learn from your mistakes, and it would seem like that would be the prominent theme in a teen pregnancy movie. But the theme was don't lose sight of who you are in the mix of everything. Juno was not the typical high schooler but she didn't care. She didn't care about what other people thought or what people said about her, she just lived her live. The movie had very clever and witty lines. They made me laugh.