A Piece of Lint in Outer Space

Micky never felt like he belonged. Always feeling as though he could not connect to anything he began to do his best to not feel at all. Micky's life was an endless series of adventures and misadventures that would eventually lead to addiction, criminal activity, jail, and thoughts of ending his life. Little did he know that there were other forces at work that would have a profound effect on his journey.

Lint is part of a material that once belonged to some article of clothing or perhaps a favorite comforter, but now is something to be discarded, a nuisance. This is how Micky felt. Micky never understood his feelings of self-doubt and he never understood why he could feel so alone in a room filled with people. Micky believed that the only way to deal with these disturbing feelings was to try his best to not feel anything at all and the best way to do that was through drugs. No matter how hard he tried to fit in he always felt left out. As if the entire world was part of a cruel joke that he was not let in on. Soon his efforts to not feel were fulfilled and eventually, he would come to be like a piece of lint in outer space.

Michael Weisman is a graduate of Geneve College and has worked in the addiction and mental health field for over 20 years. He lives with his family in Moon Township Pennsylvania.