Today I hold myself accountable for my behavior, and it’s empowering. For the most part, I get to decide how my life will go, and when things happen that are out of my control, I get to make choices about how to handle those situations. It’s freeing to live in a way that’s not held hostage by my past. I still struggle with PTSD, anxiety, depression. But today I know I can face those issues without a drink, a drug, or a man to make me feel better. That hole I lived with for so long has been filled with God and recovery, and no one can take that away from me. The promises of a better life, a life that I never could have dreamed for myself, have truly come true and more continues to manifest as long as I show up to do the work. I got sober for a man, I stayed sober for my baby, and now I stay sober for me.”
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