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Last night at a recovery meeting I was reminded by my sponsee Julia…what it feels like to wake up in this life as a grown up…and not like it.

After years of using substances to numb ourselves because life was just to painful to participate in fully…we wake up and realize things about ourselves that we are not in agreement with.

One of these things for me and for Julia was the “image” that we were taught and conditioned to portray.

For me…I was taught to NOT be myself. I was encouraged to have a brave face…never let THEM see you sweat.

THEM – ha! Who is THEM?

Nobody of significance today.

I have grown to learn that the only opinion that matters truly of myself is my very own.

This allows me to do right by my own heart.

The “images” are not real.

What I…