How did you get below rock bottom and then make your big comeback?

My very first semester of college, I got pneumonia for the first few weeks.

A week after that, I got a yeast infection, a very painful one too.

Then I fractured my wrist a few weeks after that.

Then, after I'd been home for Thanksgiving for a week and had to go back and finish the last two weeks of the semester, I thought,

well, can't get any worse, and I was hit by a car a week later. Going into my last year of college,

had some troubles with mental health after all that, but I'm figuring it out and I'm happy with where I am currently.

My older brother passed away shortly after I found out I was cheated on by my girlfriend,

all while I was homeless and slowly losing the use of my left leg due to illness.

Then I got the news my innocent, autistic little brother got cancer.

He's been in remission for a while now.

Current biggest worry is about Batman or something.

He's a great kid.

I quit smoking cigarettes, green

herb, and taking Oxy at the same time cold turkey with no help. My mental health deteriorated

pretty fast. I felt like I really lost my mind for good. Took me a year to recover and feel

relatively normal again. Every month that goes by from then, I feel better and better.

Time was needed, I guess, for my brain's chemistry to balance. I still have the occasional craving

for cigarettes. Not enough to restart, but when I see people enjoy their smoke, I sometimes feel

so much envy. I don't miss the oxies at all, though. That crap is dangerous and I'm happy that I stopped.

I was homeless at age 18. I went to a homeless shelter despite warnings from some shady looking

guy. I got treated like crap, made fun of and belittled, and had my backpack with all of my

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