Summary

Part I: Where I'm At

Chapter 1

Craig is with a group of friends at the home of Aaron. Most of them are smoking pot, but Craig is experimenting with staying away from it. When he goes into the bathroom to urinate, he looks at himself in the mirror and muses that although he appears to be normal, he wants to kill himself. He splashes water on his face in order to feel something and tries to delay his return to the room where his friends are gathered.

Chapter 2

Craig is in the office of his therapist, Dr. Minerva. He reflects on the many therapists he has been to and on the fact that he has problems with eating. He is impressed because Dr. Minerva quickly picked up on his personal language, including Anchors, which refer to things that occupy his mind and make...