When we detox we are finding our own space of permission. When we make these video-, audio-, or written journals, we're playacting or experimenting with the invisible parts of a healthy, self-directed mindset. We're learning what it means to be mindful. Self-reflection is a natural state we are promoting, in order to pump adrenaline back into the soul. Of course we do this humbly, remembering the young person who asked, "Who are you to tell me to be myself?"
I'm a student at Bronx Academy Senior High in Soundview. My goal’s are to graduate from high school and move on to college, to proceed in being an officer for the NYPD. My dream is to become an...