Change is a necessary part of life. I must be willing to surrender what I am for what I can become. I take great pleasure in doing what people say I cannot do. Recovery is not for people who need it, it is for people who want it. It’s going to get harder before it gets easier. But it will get better. I just have to get through the hard stuff first. Recovery is something I have to work on every single day. It doesn’t get a day off. Recovery is about progression, not perfection. The goal isn’t to be sober. The goal is to love myself so much that I don’t need to drink. It does not matter how slowly I go as long as I do not stop. My recovery must come first so that everything I love in life does not have to come last. I cannot start over, but I can begin now and make a new ending.