Sacrificing Safety
Epilog: Sacrificing Sanity
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Except I write best when I’m pissed, not pissed-drunk but pissed-off. When I’m sad, I jot down about ½ a page. And when I’m happy… I just bounce. I want to write with neurological terms like somatosensory. Feeling my way to the bottom and top and make it sexy. Because like it or not that’s what sells. And who’s kidding who? I like sexy too. Give me electromagnetic induction, astroprojection, or a new hairdo on the day of a new crisis. You don’t have to be polite, responsible, reasonable, adult-like. You can break down, cry, act childish and immature. Because we love her. And you know she loves us. And the narcissus flower is shaped like a daffodil. And it blooms in the spring, with aquamarine. I grew up with a life like this.
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In a state where “majority rules” does not mean a state of democracy, a girl breaks all of the major rules, most significantly her own. In Sacrificing Safety, author Aeon Sage narrates her life story against the backdrop of the rules she believes she has broken—relating to sex, drugs, abortion, obsessions, and irrational reasoning. In this memoir, she shows how she sacrifices her safety in exchange for experiences that lead her to appreciate life more than she could imagine.
A collection of journal entries and poems, Sacrificing Safety provides a glimpse into the mind of someone diagnosed with bipolar disorder. It tells how Sage coped with life’s twists and turns and how she transformed these trials and tribulations into positive lessons. It documents her journey from girl to woman—to professional writer, professional caregiver, professional wife, and professional woman.
Covering sensitive personal issues, Sacrificing Safety shares the best and worst moments of Sage’s life as she makes sense of who she is.
About the Author
Aeon Sage earned a bachelor’s degree in Spanish and a master’s degree in occupational therapy. She believes she has learned more from relationships than from higher education. She believes that the teaching of what we learn is important and that the doing of what we learn is imperative. Mostly her goal is the carryover of honesty and bluntness with an intense reality until it can feel comforting—to feel comfortable with the fact that we are all human and imperfect.