Made It Out Of The Darkness & Into The Light

Everyone is posting how cute they looked in 2016 and this is what my 2016 looked like…

Slides 1-3: I was drinking and partying every day, I had just been fired from my job, I was in the process of moving out of the house I lived in with my boyfriend, I was going through a horrendous breakup, my opioid use was skyrocketing, my symptoms were increasing, and I started getting these rashes on my face and hands sometimes when I would drink.

Slides 4-6: You can see my suffering turn into helplessness and fatigue, and then into darkness and escapism. I just feel like my energy is so dark in those photos, and I was deeply suffering and deeply disturbed. (If you’re confused, the dog in slide 4 is my mom’s dog Mr. Bingley when he was a puppy, it’s not Major even though they could be twins).

Slides 7-11: I continued to party through the pain. I went to 3 festivals/ raves in 2016 and they were HARD. It was a S T R U G G L E. I pushed myself so far past my limits and I was just trying to appear as normal as I could, muscling through the motions of living the lifestyle I was used to while hiding chronic symptoms and a broken heart. You can see how I lost all regard for myself, all self respect, all self awareness, I was a total mess! I could not cope with my deteriorating body and mind so I did the only thing I knew how to do which was to (try my best to) numb out and escape.

Luckily, there’s much more to my story and by 2018 my life came to a point where I had to make a choice. I had to choose to live or die. I should’ve died, but I chose to save my own life instead.

And that brings us to the last slide where I’ve overcome my illnesses, I’ve overcome my addictions, I’ve overcome my bad behaviors, and I made it out of the darkness and into the light.

Repost from @thebloodsugarspecialist

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This item posted: 28-Apr-2026