Bianca Bourgault

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Feb, 2021

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“Erica ” by Bianca Bourgault

Submitted to Contest #103

TW: addiction I was driving down Route 1A in Maine, excited to start the weekend by camping in Bar Harbor with my parents, brother, and his wife. I had just celebrated one year of sobriety and hadn’t been camping with my family sober in fifteen years. It was a beautiful Friday evening—I had driven three hours straight from work—and as I crossed the bridge that connected you to the island of Bar Harbor, I had the sudden urge to pull over. At first, I kept driving—I had driven two and a half hours already and was almost at the campground. Alth...

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“Unlikely Friend ” by Bianca Bourgault

Submitted to Contest #96

Emma, Rachel, Megan, Brianna, Nsimba (yes that was his real name), Ricky, Jen, and Jordan. Those are the names that I remember of the nurses who took care of me for six weeks and three days at CMMC. The women and one man who took out my catheter (Megan), argued on my behalf for better pain meds (Ricky the fucking Rockstar), wiped my ass after going to the bathroom (Emma), emptied my bed pan (Nsimba), and told me to cough to bring down my fever so I could avoid going back to the ICU (Jen). And of course, the nurse who not only helped me survi...

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“The Girl Who Lived” by Bianca Bourgault

Submitted to Contest #84

"So, this is my life. And I want you to know that I am both happy and sad and I'm still trying to figure out how that could be." The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky. Oh the horror! To use an opening line belonging to someone else. I should be ashamed. I learned that opening one's essay with a quote or definition weakens the writing. I was sixteen and taking a pretest of the Advanced Placement English exam for high schoolers looking to gain college credit by scoring a 3 or above. I don't remember what the quote that I...

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Author bio

The Girl Who Lived is Bianca Bourgault who is a recovering alcoholic at 29 years young. In her writing, Ms. Bourgault weaves the themes of what is life? death? and survival? during an untimely pandemic. She hopes that her writing helps those struggling with addiction and to bring awareness who are lucky enough not to know the battle. She wishes to give hope that recovery is possible, even during a pandemic.