100 day milestone. We can all make it. We can.
I grew up with physical, sexual, mental and verbal abuse. My parents did drugs and drank. My teenage years were quite turbulent to say the least. When I turned 18, I left. I got married right away to get out of the house. Needless to say the marriage didn't last. I started working on relearning things & raising myself since my parents didn't, but not of course without falling into my parent's behavior along the way. I had to beat many demons before I could get back to work on healing myself to become whole. In the process of getting help, learning, and healing, I had setbacks: I was severely lied to, cheated on, raped, I suffered post traumatic stress disorder and clinical depression.
I have experienced the feeling of truly losing all hope. And when I say all hope, I mean ALL hope.
My positive attitude comes from the strength God has blessed me with. I also studied cognitive therapy for many years. I do not look at any of the things I have been through in my life as horrible. Each experience is a gift because each experience has molded me and shaped me into the person I am today. A person that I am very happy to be. I am not speaking out of pride. I am speaking out of comfort; someone who is very comfortable in their own skin.
Hopefully by me explaining a little of my history, hopefully it will shed some light, will inspire someone, will help someone in their quit, etc.. So here I am bearing my soul.
I have beat all kinds of addictions. I have overcome all kinds of abuse. I've overcome co-dependency. I've learned to not live with walls built up all around me. I have learned to be assertive. I have learned how to have healthy personal boundaries and healthy relationships. I've learned how to trust people and how to love and how to love myself. I've learned how to not live in the past. I've learned that life has ups and downs and to not be shocked when the bad happens. I've learned that mistakes and wrong decisions get made; by us or by others. I've learned that we are in control of no one but ourselves. I've learned that change is a part of life; we can embrace it or we can fight it. Life is hard at times, and the choice is ours as to whether we want to make it even
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