A Slice of Humor: Zoloft

Friday, December 18, 2020 1:57 PM | Anonymous

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by Edna Wallace, LMFT

Edna Wallace, LMFT, is a long-time therapist at El Camino Hospital working in the Adult Mood Program for Depression and Anxiety and the OATS program for older adults. She has a private practice in Los Altos. She worked for a decade on the Luncheon Committee for SCV-CAMFT and has been a luncheon presenter as well. Edna is an avid writer in her spare time. She can be reached at www.ednawallace.com

Zoloft

I told my friend
Taking my Zoloft with tea
Is probably better

Than washing it down with wine
(which I
ve done).
My friend asked why I needed Zoloft.
I said so I don
t nag my son
(or yell at my husband).
A crumb of Zoloft does wonders, I raved.

She said she takes Xanax.
(But not with wine. Good girl.)

I asked her why

She said the world
s going to pieces.

I marvel at the help
Of these little drugs

And of new ways of thinking
….
What we use to make our way

Without driving off a cliff.
All the ways we quiet the noise
inside

So that it
s possible
To stand back

From the cliff
And admire the sea. 



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