"I did not find my way out of the darkness until I admitted I was lost."

Recovery, Darkness, Lost, Hope

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"I did not find my way out of the darkness until I admitted I was lost."

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"The old days are dead and gone days. For what I did in the past I have been punished. I have been cured."

Anthony Burgess, English Novelist

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"Even if things were broken right now. Sometimes it was the cracks that let the light in."

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"Healing ultimately comes down to whether or not you have made the decision to do so."

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"You are NOT an abuse survivor or victim. Leave your labels elsewhere because they are no longer serving you."

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"You don't dwell on what you've lost, you just move on."

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"Drainage tubes ran out of his belly and side, and there was a catheter the size of a pencil coming out his penis. Nothing particularly hurt, so he had to assume he was on pretty nearly all the narcotics there were."

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"The more severe the dysfunction you experienced growing up, the more difficult boundaries are for you."

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"There is no magic cure, no making it all go away forever. There are only small steps upward; an easier day, an unexpected laugh, a mirror that doesn't matter anymore."

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"Don't spoil Christmas Day by anticipating how it will be. Let is unfold as it does, and be grateful for whatever comes."

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"Today is a gift that will be taken from you at day's end. Don't waste a moment, a chance, a lesson. You'll never live today again."

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