The Things We Cannot Change: A Story About The Ghosts Created by Addiction

When Callie’s dad died, she was sad.
When he came back, she was pissed.

Nearly a year has passed since her father lost his battle with alcoholism, and if you ask Callie, everything is fine, thank you very much. She’s almost done with her first year of college and she has almost succeeded in shoving the painful memories of her father and their life together into the darkest corners of her mind. Never mind the regular nightmares keeping her awake every single night since his death or the sudden appearance of his ghost.

She doesn’t need to talk about it like everyone suggests. She doesn’t need to write about it despite what her writing professor thinks. She doesn’t need the memorial her mom is trying to organize, and she certainly doesn’t need the literal ghost that has suddenly appeared and ripped open wounds she’d forced closed.

But sometimes the past doesn’t care what we need.

Suddenly Callie is forced to face whatever unresolved issues might be keeping the ghost of her father tied here, before he drives her nuts. As she wades through the murky waters of memory, searching for the truth and grappling with the unfairness of life after losing a loved one to addiction, Callie discovers that closure isn’t always about finding clear answers and that sometimes, the things we cannot change are the things that change us the most.