Have I lost weight? Actually, yeah. Just not as much as I wanted. I'm down to 300.2. What is that? Like 6 pounds? Well, if you're Trying to lose 10 lbs, an six pound loss is pretty good. If you're trying to lose 160ish, then eight pounds is paltry, at best. Sigh.
In the last five months, I started working as an addictions counselor. And I wouldn't consider myself a good counselor, unless I took the information I shared with my clients, and applied it to my own life as well.
Many of my clients have been in and out of the judicial system, and dealing with addiction for years or decades. When you've been living a life like this on repeat, experiencing the same cycle over and over again, it is easy to get the F-it's. Why try again? Why go through the hassle, if you know you'll end up right back into addiction?
One evening, I handed this quote out to each person. The explanation behind it is: If you give up, you've lost already. It's the person who keeps trying over and over and OVER again who will succeed.
And that is why I'm back at it again.
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