Weekend Writing Prompt 1

I know I was only going to write five days a week, but I’m getting addicted to writing! Lol!

This one is a personal one. I didn’t exactly go with following the exact prompt, but I hope this gives anyone struggling out there a bit of hope!

Think about what you are most proud of. Follow the story of how you got to that point.

My example :

I’ve done things I’m not proud of. I was once a person I didn’t love, but people are changing constantly – for better or for worse. I am proud to say that I have changed for the better. I could say I was one of the lucky ones, but luck didn’t have any part in it. I was the one who decided to be different, to do different. And it was the best decision of my life.

Yes, I wasn’t the best person I could be, but things had been done to me that were beyond my control – at least to some extent – that shaped who I had become. I didn’t ask for the physical, sexual, and emotional abuse I had went through. I could’ve done things differently that didn’t end with me becoming a victim, but hey, I was a teenager. We don’t always know what we are choosing at that age.

I was also a victim to drugs. Now I know that’s debatable. It’s bold to call yourself a victim to drugs when we have a choice on what we put into our bodies. Of course I know that, but it’s us against the world. At least that’s my opinion. The world is set up for us to fail. In more ways than one but in this instance, I’m speaking of the potential drug addictions that surround us. Drugs are readily available everywhere we turn. We are told they are fun, they will numb your pain, they will save you from a life of misery. And for those of us who have actually believed that have had a harsh wake up call. Some will die at the hands of what we were convinced to believe, and others will fight like hell for the chance to live again. I fought like hell.

I beat addiction, I beat the abuse, I beat the life of a victim…

And it was the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do in my life. My past has haunted me for over a decade until a few months ago when I decided I was strong enough to face it all. I sat down every day to visit the living hell I went through and wrote a Memoir. Now, rather I decide to publish is irrelevant. The relevant part is that I had the courage to go back to the darkest corners of my life and overcome the demons that were lurking there. I am no longer plagued by the trauma I have endured.

And coming out of it, alive for once, I realize that I am not a victim. Not anymore.

The thing I am most proud of, is realizing what it is that I truly am…

I am a WARRIOR!

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If you are still struggling, my heart truly goes out to you. Do not give up on yourself. Dare to dream of becoming better… Change is possible. Healing is possible. Life is possible. I’ve seen it in my own life and I am just an ordinary girl. That’s how I know it’s possible for you too. You are worth it!

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