"If I've learned one lesson from all that's happened to me, it's that there is no such thing as the biggest mistake of your existence. There's no such thing as ruining your life. Life's a pretty resilient thing, it turns out."

Recovery, Resilience, Mistake, Life, Hope

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"If I've learned one lesson from all that's happened to me, it's that there is no such thing as the biggest mistake of your existence. There's no such thing as ruining your life. Life's a pretty resilient thing, it turns out."

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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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"Can you admit on here that you have an affliction for millions of other people to see? Then that is great and a huge step towards your recovery."

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"Some things are private. I mean, we're grown-ups now. You don't share everything."

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"Visiting any shop for the first time is exciting. There's always that buzz as you push open the door; that hope; that belief - that this is going to be the shop of all shops, which will bring you everything you ever wanted, at magically low prices."

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"Oh God, I'm missing the gene which makes you grow up and buy a flat in Streatham and start visiting Homebase every weekend. Everyone's moving on without me, into a world I don't understand."

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"I've never felt so bereft and panicky. What do I do without my phone? How do I function? My hand keeps automatically reaching for my phone in its usual place in my pocket. Every instinct in me wants to text someone, 'OMG, I've lost my phone! ' but how can do that without a bloody phone?"

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"The thing with giving up is you never know. You never know whether you could have done the job. And I'm sick of not knowing about my life."

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"Other people's eyes are limitless and that's what scares me."

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