I realized recently that the version of myself that I am now is my favorite version thus far. I have made some drastic changes in my life in the last year and a half-ish that have altered who I am, for the better. It is so hard for me to turn my back on people and let them go but I have done some incredible work in that department. I've also left my husband, drank heavily for a summer, fell in love, found my happy place, cried myself into a deep sleep more than once, made a very difficult decision, started school again, lost several "friends", changed my attitude and reconnected with who I am...to name just a few life altering experiences I have had in the last 465 days, the last 58 of which I've been sober for.
Now sobriety, that is something I haven't been SO familiar with. I don't know that I have been sober for more than a week in years. The clarity that I have these days is beautiful. I am so in love and in such a fulfilling, nurturing relationship with a man that makes me feel everything I have ever wanted to feel but didn't know I could. I've never been so healthy with someone, so open, so raw and honest all of the time. I trust him, I really truly trust him, I don't know who else I can really say that about. I believe him, and I believe in him. He makes me believe in me. I have never felt so capable of anything in all of my life. This is it, what I've been waiting for.
I've been given the opportunity to start again and I am so much more than willing to take it. How often in life do you get a do-over?
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