2 - You switch rather quickly from "someone" (3rd person anon) to "her[self]" (3rd particular). Given that each word is only one of a total of eight you posted, you make it quite clear what it is you actually want to say but DO NOT HAVE THE BALLS.

I agree. Tangentially on the process of creating art; I think it's a mistake to conflate substance abuse and mental illness with the creative process. Great art can be produced by people that suffer from those situations, in spite of them, but not because of them.