Recovery is real. It's not a luck-of-the-draw deal where you put your name in a hat and hope to be chosen. It's a grueling, relentless, personal process that will push you beyond your limits over and over.

I think sometimes making yourself vulnerable before you are ready is exactly what can hold you accountable. Do what you fear.

The only way to move forward is to focus on the good in your life and the good that you are doing for others and yourself. My past has shown me things in life, others and myself that I wouldn't wish upon anyone, but I can choose to pick up the pieces and build a beautiful life for myself and help others to do the same.

Healing requires you to be vulnerable and strong at the same time.

Recovery doesn't mean putting your life on hold. Recovery means holding on so you can live your best life.

Don't be afraid to start over. Because it is in that leap to the unknown where you will find your wings.

Don't be afraid to start over ... because it is in that leap to the unknown where you will find your wings.

There is no right or wrong way to recover. There is only the decision to do so.

Needing help doesn't have a look, but asking for it always looks beautiful.