I deserve to take up space!

Letting her friends take the helm.

The idea that I knew people had been recovered or were recovered - that gave me the hope that this is actually a possibility

Everything has changed [since starting recovery]. I can tell people what I'm truely feeling, not what I think they want to hear, which is a lot different way to live.

I'm really proud of myself for going through with it....because it gives me my life back. That's the reason for doing it.

You might not be able to control your first thought, but you can control your second thought...you don't have to listen to your first thought. You can then decide what to do.

My relationships [in recovery] have become so much more authentic

I don't know how long recovery will take and I don't know what my life will look like when I get there, because I'm still creating that, but I know that full recovery is possible

I find so much more joy in being authentic and not having that double life. It's tough having that vulnerability but in the end it's so much better

[In Recovery] you can actually just BE places and BE there for the fun that is waiting

That was the most important thing I had to do - learn how to finally trust my body no matter where it went.

Looking back and thinking what the lowest of the low felt like and knowing that 'I don't want to go back and this is how I move forward' - that's how I get back on track.