12d • 🧠 Real Talk
Hope everyone had a good thanksgiving!
I wanted to introduce myself and share my story. Here goes. I’m a 44 year old man who has struggled with everything from drug and alcohol abuse to sexual identity and just about everything in between. I was ashamed to be gay and stayed closeted until I was 30 which lead to my drug usage. I spent most of my life worrying about what others thought about me. Took me many years to realize that you are the only person that can make you happy. Drugs and alcohol can’t do it. Other people can’t do it. Only you can! I came out at 30. Lost most my family and a few close friends but met the person who I thought was the love of my life and dedicated almost 10 years into a relationship/marriage that ended suddenly and unexpectedly. Hit rock bottom. Started using again after many years. Had to have life changing surgeries. (hips and back. Still have my man parts🤣) Then I lost my job. At 40 I had lost everything. Depressed and suicidal I reached out to a therapist that changed my life. I stared living for myself. Landed in a great home surrounded by great people. Started my own construction company and it’s thriving. I couldn’t be happier or in a better place. I guess the moral to my rant is we are truly the only ones who can help ourselves. Worrying is like a rocking chair gives you something to do but gets you nowhere. Live your best lives and fuck what everybody else thinks.
Thank for sharing this group with me. Sometimes just sharing your story can be life changing
Happy holidays gent!
Be kind to each other.
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Hope everyone had a good thanksgiving!
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