Compulsions

What can you not not do, even when you’d like to stop?

Cakes

Posted to Stories on the topic of Compulsions on 9 July 2006, with 2 comments so far.

>>The prompt: Compulsions
I had a breakdown once. Years ago — when my wife and I were hooked on heroin. My mom would call once a week to check in, and I’d tell her these stupid lies about how the experimental stream-of-conscious novel I was working on was generating a lot of interest. She’d […]

I Said “I Love You” To Every Woman I Dated

Posted to Stories on the topic of Compulsions on 27 April 2006, with no comments so far.

by Kevin — Age 25 — Berkeley, CA
I didn’t want to say it but it came out as we were wrestling in bed: “I love you.”
We had only been dating three days and I was trying hard not to say it, no matter how much I wanted to.
I’ve said the same three words millions […]