The Crew

My name is Marisa. I'm a mother of five kids aged 10-19, I've been married nearly 22 years to my best friend Charlie. For the last several years I have kept an on line diary chronicling my recovery. In 1998 I was diagnosed with Dissociative Identity Disorder. This last year brought with it integration and (relative) wholeness. For the first time since I started writing as The Crew, it's time to read it all from the beginning, sort out the vital from the trivial and take an open eyed look at where I was and how far I've come.

One of the biggest challenges has been navigating recovery while also raising a family. I'm blessed in that my kids are far more normal than I have any right to expect. They have their own issues but as a family, we continue to work together to love, heal and grow. My family is my joy and without them, recovery would not have been possible.

If you stumble upon this blog, welcome. I'm still learning my way around this site and will have to sort out how to post entries originally written years ago without messing up the chronology of this particular attempt to tell the story. 

For now, I am posting the old entries from the beginning with seperate commentaries along the way. Please feel free to comment with any questions. I'll be happy to answer them in seperate posts.