I am not too far from you nor am I so far from who I am or who I want to be.
Either way, I know that I am where I am. And I know that this is where I am supposed to be.
For now . . .
Perhaps I should say that, if anything, I am more myself now than I have ever been before.
I am aware. I am broken but not destroyed.
I am healing but not at my best.
I say this is strength in the making.

I say this because, above all things, I have not quit. I have not given up and I have not excused myself from the responsibility of showing up and facing my downfalls or my recovery.