Dear Koren,
In one of my favorite movies, A Bronx Tale, they say, “the saddest thing in life is a wasted talent.” Well you were a waste. You can write a book of excuses as to why you did what you did, but in the end they are only just excuses. Not once did you take any accountability for your actions and that to me is bothersome. When you woke up next to a random guy because you were drunk the previous night, why didn’t that put you in check? The first step to fixing yourself is admitting you have a problem. You are an alcoholic. You are way beyond just an abuser. I know abusers and binge drinkers, and they cannot even begin to hold a candle to you. But, you may define your issues as you wish.
When I read your book, I started off with sympathy for you. I tried so hard to emphasize with someone in your position, but I just couldn’t. You had everything in front of you, all the tools for success. Were you trying to rebel? Were you spiteful of your parents or just an angry teen? It is so difficult for me to imagine how your life came to be this way. Your descriptions of alcohol and the way it makes you feel is so disturbing. You are a girl that had everything in life, beauty, brains, and a good family. All of those factors could have led to an happy life doing whatever you pleased. But you ruined it…
However, you did eventually make a change and I do applaud you for that. I respect the courage it took to write this book and admit all the shameful acts you committed as a youth. There is one aspect of this whole production that does perturb me. You say that you wrote this book to inform young girls about drinking, alcohol abuse, and the college experience, which motivations to help. That being said, Do you think it’s right that you profit from your deviant behaviors. If you really wanted to help others in your position then you could use the proceeds to build a hospital specifically for young girls facing the same issues you had. It almost seems as if you wrote this book for shock value and to better your future career as a novelist.
I went on your website to see if I was wrong about you, and this is what I found:
In one of my favorite movies, A Bronx Tale, they say, “the saddest thing in life is a wasted talent.” Well you were a waste. You can write a book of excuses as to why you did what you did, but in the end they are only just excuses. Not once did you take any accountability for your actions and that to me is bothersome. When you woke up next to a random guy because you were drunk the previous night, why didn’t that put you in check? The first step to fixing yourself is admitting you have a problem. You are an alcoholic. You are way beyond just an abuser. I know abusers and binge drinkers, and they cannot even begin to hold a candle to you. But, you may define your issues as you wish.
When I read your book, I started off with sympathy for you. I tried so hard to emphasize with someone in your position, but I just couldn’t. You had everything in front of you, all the tools for success. Were you trying to rebel? Were you spiteful of your parents or just an angry teen? It is so difficult for me to imagine how your life came to be this way. Your descriptions of alcohol and the way it makes you feel is so disturbing. You are a girl that had everything in life, beauty, brains, and a good family. All of those factors could have led to an happy life doing whatever you pleased. But you ruined it…
However, you did eventually make a change and I do applaud you for that. I respect the courage it took to write this book and admit all the shameful acts you committed as a youth. There is one aspect of this whole production that does perturb me. You say that you wrote this book to inform young girls about drinking, alcohol abuse, and the college experience, which motivations to help. That being said, Do you think it’s right that you profit from your deviant behaviors. If you really wanted to help others in your position then you could use the proceeds to build a hospital specifically for young girls facing the same issues you had. It almost seems as if you wrote this book for shock value and to better your future career as a novelist.
I went on your website to see if I was wrong about you, and this is what I found:
What are your plans for the immediate future?
I'd like to keep on writing, reading, paying rent, paying taxes, paying my debt to society. Likewise, I hope to keep traveling, keep pissing people off, keep doing things I'll live to regret.(korenzalickas.com)
Then I learned that you have even sold the rights of the book to a production company. If anything, make sure that this movie is done properly, and that the underlying message of your book is not lost. Unfortunately, I don’t feel that I wrong about you. I don’t believe you have learned. Pissing people off and doing things you’ll live to forget? Didn’t you do enough of that already Koren?? At some point you have to grow up…
There is one thing I wondered about and that is your sister. What did your lifestyle do you her? When she was younger, she was not privileged to your deviance, but she had to figure it out. I hope that she didn’t follow your path, and I can only hope that someday you raise a daughter of your own and teach her not to make the same mistakes you made. I wish you the best in life, but I don’t ever want to meet you.
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