We have two choices. One, we can either label ourselves as a victim and lay down and roll over....(ultimately dying on the inside).
OR two, we can choose to get up, dust off, and use those trials to our advantage.
Like you, I had access to drugs and alcohol. I could have drowned my pain in that. We all could. Problem is, when you come off that "high", the issues will still be there. So, that doesn't solve anything. In fact, it usually just causes more problems in the end.
I am sure that you have even had days like I did, where you didn't want to get up and go on. Waking up..... and even taken in a breathe seemed to be painful.
Point is.... we all are faced with difficulties in this life. Some may be more than others, some may be worse than others, but it is always hard no matter the trial.
You now have a unique perspective because you have "been there". You understand what others couldn't possibly understand. Now you have the ability to help others out of their situations, and show them that they can do it too.
If this sounds like you today, I encourage you.......don't quit. Don't bury your head in the sand. You are going to make it through this. You are going to be alright.
You are worth something. You are important to someone. There is someone out there suffering like you, who will need you one day. You very well might be their last hope.
So you see. Don't give up. Hang in there. Fight. Choose to be an over comer so that you can help others overcome. Make your life count.
If you want...share this. Where most fall into traps...is that they think they are alone. Let them know they are not alone and that they CAN OVERCOME TOO.
