I'm Vicki. I'm 36 years old and I was born on December 2nd, 1989. I'm in the waitressing trade. I collect vinyl toys and Monster High dolls. I love fashion, street photography and video games. I make websites. I'm a writer, I write graffiti and I sell my art. I live in Ottawa, Ontario in Canada. 🇨🇦
2019 October:
A thick layer of fog descends upon the city overnight and was just setting in and turning everything grey when I awake.
In October, I was hustling for a quick buck at a coffee shop named Roast & Brew. It was a ten-minute walk from my apartment on Nepean St.
I lived at 110-53 Nepean Street in between Bank and O’Connor. The white brick walls gave way to sprawling vines. I lived on the first floor, in a small studio apartment for 2 years. Sesame, my friend, overdosed and died while I was living here. When I found out what happened, Isabelle, my fair-weathered friend, put me in a bath and I rocked back and forth holding my knees.
"5am Girl is raw and intense, a non-fiction view into a drama-horror-romance-thriller. Reading this as a recovering addict was triggering and necessary for my healing. Vicki's writing style is easy to read, poetic and to-the-point." - Anonymous
"Heartfelt and damaging," - @bbassxx
"5am Girl is a great body of work. Victoria did a fantastic job putting her experience into words." - @romeprimetime
I transcribed my diary, 5am Girl from 2019 - 2022 which is about drug abuse and it includes my ex-boyfriend's overdoses/death. I sell hard-copies and digital copies for $20. It is approximately 18 pages long. An excerpt:
A thick layer of fog descends upon the city overnight and was just setting in and turning everything grey when I awake.
In October, I was hustling for a quick buck at a coffee shop named Roast & Brew. It was a ten-minute walk from my apartment on Nepean St.
I lived at 110-53 Nepean Street in between Bank and O’Connor. The white brick walls gave way to sprawling vines. I lived on the first floor, in a small studio apartment for 2 years. Sesame, my friend, overdosed and died while I was living here. When I found out what happened, Isabelle, my fair-weathered friend, put me in a bath and I rocked back and forth holding my knees.
Reviews:
"I just finished someone’s biography about a wild chapter in their life — addiction, loss, and that slow, messy climb back toward finding themselves. It was honestly hard to read at times, not because it was bad, but because you can feel every word is real. No pity party, no dramatics… just a person laying out their life exactly as it happened.
Now I’m waiting for part two, because damn, the way she writes pulls you right in. I’d recommend anyone grab this and give it a read. It’s like an adult, Canadian version of Kids — that same gritty honesty most writers and artists are too scared to touch." - @findinggnomey
"I just finished someone’s biography about a wild chapter in their life — addiction, loss, and that slow, messy climb back toward finding themselves. It was honestly hard to read at times, not because it was bad, but because you can feel every word is real. No pity party, no dramatics… just a person laying out their life exactly as it happened.
Now I’m waiting for part two, because damn, the way she writes pulls you right in. I’d recommend anyone grab this and give it a read. It’s like an adult, Canadian version of Kids — that same gritty honesty most writers and artists are too scared to touch." - @findinggnomey
"5am Girl is raw and intense, a non-fiction view into a drama-horror-romance-thriller. Reading this as a recovering addict was triggering and necessary for my healing. Vicki's writing style is easy to read, poetic and to-the-point." - Anonymous
"Heartfelt and damaging," - @bbassxx
"5am Girl is a great body of work. Victoria did a fantastic job putting her experience into words." - @romeprimetime
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