Staci Stokes Morgan

Staci Stokes Morgan lives in Honolulu, Hawaii, with her husband, one of her children, and two dogs. Her work has been published in Story Quarterly.

The Power and Danger of Honest Writing

Trigger Warning: Mention of Suicide Attempt

Until I woke up in the hospital in Peru on 27 February 2022, after trying to kill myself with a cocktail of Xanax and Stoli, I had been an English teacher for 22 years. I was so lucky to get intensive inpatient therapy and a better, safer cocktail of medication to regulate my brain chemistry.…