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Milly D

Why we fought to Save Our Sauna

Towards the end of last month, news broke that the health suite at Stratford Park Leisure Centre would be closing while the centre was…

Nov 14

Why we fought to Save Our Sauna

Nov 14

Reflections on 2023

As a new year begins, I thought it might be somewhat therapeutic to look back over the past twelve months and reflect on the people, places…

Jan 2

Reflections on 2023

Jan 2

Chemistry: a poem about my latest addiction

That magnetic attraction, the giddy feelings, electric sparks and intensity, my knees go weak when you hold my gaze and nothing makes sense…

Nov 17, 2023

Chemistry: a poem about my latest addiction

Nov 17, 2023

Detaching: a break-up poem

How do you detox from an intoxicating romance? I’ve sought endlessly to silence the internal rants, the intrusive thoughts and grudges I…

Jun 20, 2023

Detaching: a break-up poem

Jun 20, 2023

Brave the wilderness: a poem about division and finding yourself

How has it come to this? So many subjects causing divide, forcing each of us to pick a side, as if the only options are A or B, yes or no…

May 5, 2023

Brave the wilderness: a poem about division and finding yourself

May 5, 2023

What I learned from meditating in silence for 10 days

It was almost a decade ago when I first heard about Vipassana from a man I met in Mexico, who shared his experience of doing a 10-day…

Nov 18, 2022

What I learned from meditating in silence for 10 days

Nov 18, 2022

Why I’m reluctant to get a Covid-19 vaccine

It seems that anyone who expresses concerns about the Covid-19 vaccine instantly gets dubbed an “anti-vaxxer,” so let me start by saying I…

Aug 18, 2021

Why I’m reluctant to get a Covid-19 vaccine

Aug 18, 2021

Fucked up: a poem about society and mental ‘illness’

Are we all fucked up, or is our pain just desperate to be seen? Like a child pleading for his mother’s attention, while her eyes remain…

Jan 28, 2021

Fucked up: a poem about society and mental ‘illness’

Jan 28, 2021

My 20 gratitudes for 2020

It wasn’t all bad.

Dec 29, 2020

My 20 gratitudes for 2020

Dec 29, 2020

How the 12 steps can be applied to society as a whole in 2020

Since joining Alcoholics Anonymous back in 2015, I have often marvelled at how its 12 steps have transformed the lives of many desperate…

Jul 4, 2020

How the 12 steps can be applied to society as a whole in 2020

Jul 4, 2020

Milly D

Milly D

Young female in recovery with a thirst for life — Writes about addiction, self-development and conscious living — Featured in Cosmopolitan UK and Glamour UK.

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