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Fuck yeah Anne Sexton.

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But a warning for the wise: recovery is not a one and done moment. It is a lifetime of carrying a thesaurus in your pocket to spin negative words into positive ones.

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If someone doesn’t have the moral capacity to treat you with basic respect or act with integrity, it is doubtful they have changed overnight for someone else.

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On August 13, 2016, my life changed forever. Actually, my life began. I was reborn. Only nine months prior, I had just gotten out of my fifth treatment center. And now, finally, I was truly happy.

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Claiming I wasn’t hungry or that I had already eaten would prove to be difficult once we started to spend entire days together.

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Choosing recovery doesn’t necessarily mean you will be cured, or never struggle again, but what it does mean is that you are making the conscious decision to fight. To not be a victim. To walk in the light of life, instead of in the shadows of darkness of death.

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Managing a loved one’s drug or alcohol addiction is never easy, but those whose spouse has a substance use disorder face an especially tough and lonely road.

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Once I stopped being so ashamed of it, I saw that anxiety was my superpower too. Because of my anxiety, I worked and loved harder. I strived to help others who were going through the same thing.

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Broken, alone, defeated. I was so close to giving up. Wasted away to nothing but a disorder and stubbornness. Rock bottom lead to rock bottom, repeat times ten.

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There is no comfort in an eating disorder. This two-finger diet has left me empty in more ways than one.