A strange affliction with pleasure that transforms.
In the beginning, it seems so perfect, doesn't it? The eyes of someone who could change you, warmth that seems to promise love, the end of everything that caused you pain.
What did it leave me with, other than this rippling pain in my body? What did it leave me with, other than a damaged relationship with spirituality that has taken years to begin to rebuild? What did it leave me with, other than destroyed friendships and potential connections that may take me years to fully come back from?
Addiction convinces you that it's everything that you've ever wanted - no, needed, in order to survive.
I very nearly lost everything due to my addictions, and now it's a fight to recover whatever pieces I do have left of me in order to build a new life.
But recovery does happen. And I know I have that strength.
I can and will recover. This website is living proof of that.