Recovery Is A Verb

by Leah Alexandra Goldstein

Performing under the name Geppetta, Adelaide Windsome describes her recovery as a verb rather than a noun. Adelaide would like to thank The Sent(a)Mental Project: Memorial to LGBTQ Suicides and The Trevor Project.

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Leah Alexandra Goldstein

Leah is the designer and website manager for OC87 Recovery Diaries. She has worked on documentary films that have screened on Ovation TV, at the Brooklyn Museum of Art, and on Netflix. She is a graduate of Smith College with a dual degree in the Study of Women and Gender and Studio Art with a concentration in Electronic Media. Leah is also trained as a Reiki master. You can see her work and sign up for her mailing list at withleahmoon.com.

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5 Comments

Teri on July 2, 2013 at 2:02 am

Beautiful! Rock on!

OC87 Recovery Diaries on July 2, 2013 at 1:50 pm
Thanks Teri! So glad you enjoyed this entry. Hope you might share it with friends who might enjoy it too!
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NAMI-Steve on July 24, 2013 at 10:01 pm

Geppetta – You, Buddy & Stephanie are pioneers; explorers if you will, exposing that recovery is possible. We all do not do the same things, each of us needs to find our piece of the puzzle of life – this is a very important piece, on which others will build… take heart, some lead and some follow – you are a leader…!

@akaTGIF on Twitter on February 26, 2014 at 11:45 pm

Just a quick note to say how much I enjoyed learning about Geppetta’s art. Very moving indeed.

OC87 Recovery Diaries on March 3, 2014 at 4:34 pm
Thanks so much for commenting — Geppetta is quite inspiring.
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