Richard Wolanski
Author. Germany born. Georgia raised.
I won the battle. I’m alive.
Almost nothing was under my control. One week in rehab. Almost nothing was under my control seven years ago. When I was twenty years old, I tried to hang myself with a Christmas scarf. I don’t remember if it was the holidays, exactly. Yet, I remember the phone call to the hotline, the campus police charging my door and the 5150 order. I insisted no one tell my parents; I was embarrassed and afraid they would be ashamed of me. They arrived. We met. And it felt like meeting for the first time.Richard Wolanski2 min read