How to Get Back to Being Yourself

Love Over Addiction

Michelle Anderson

Relationships, Society & Culture

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 11 December 2023

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Today, let's dive into something deep—finding our way back to ourselves. You ever look in the mirror and wonder where that old you went? Yeah, it hits hard. Love, especially when it's entangled with addiction, can make us feel lost, lonely, and like we've lost our spark.

But here's the thing—I believe we can reclaim ourselves, even in the midst of this chaos. It's all about being honest with ourselves. I want to ask you: What do you really want for yourself in the coming year? And what are you willing to do differently to make it happen?

Let's break a common myth too: thinking that everything will magically go back to normal once our loved ones find sobriety. It's a whole new journey for everyone involved. That includes us. We've grown, we've learned, and maybe that's a good thing. Maybe we've developed strengths we never knew we had.

So, here's the deal. I want this space to be yours. Share your thoughts, your struggles, your victories in the Love Over Addiction community on Substack. Let's make it a safe, cozy corner where we can lift each other up.

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0:00.0	Hi, hi, it's been a minute. I am so sorry that it has. I have been sick, y'all, and I will not bore you with the details, but I don't know if it was COVID. I don't know what it was, but every time I got out of bed and did like one thing, I so exhausted just did not have the energy so I apologize
0:26.1	but I am back now and it's holiday season we're in the middle of the winter winter season
0:36.2	with Thanksgiving and Christmas and all that stuff and a highly
0:41.5	intense time for some of us. And this past Thanksgiving, I just kept thinking about how grateful I am for you. How grateful that we found a place
0:58.8	where we can talk about our real lives and we can find comfort with each other. So I am also
1:09.6	wanted to let you know I am working on love over addiction.
1:16.0	We are coming back and I'm not ready to share the details yet.
1:23.3	I'm very, very busy with trying to form a team and provide you with the best possible care that you deserve from experts.
1:37.2	Real experts.
1:39.6	So I'm slowly ramping up.
1:43.1	This isn't going to be an overnight thing. But for now, you can find me all,
1:50.8	everything I'm talking about in the podcast you can find on Substack. I write for Substack. So you can
1:56.7	just Google Love Over Addiction or you can find me on social media. All right. So let's talk
2:05.1	today about finding our way back to ourselves. Now you feel lost maybe, lonely. And when you
2:16.2	look at yourself in the mirror, you wonder, where did I go?
2:21.2	Will I ever get back to the best version of myself?
2:26.1	Has love destroyed me beyond the point of no return?
2:30.6	You used to be funny and carefree, but now the laughter feels forced and has a weight of sadness behind it.
2:42.0	You were able to be present with people, but maybe now your mind is foggy and you always feel distracted. You had dreams of what your life
2:55.4	will be like, but now you feel stuck with very few choices. Love has always lived right below
3:05.6	the surface for you, but now it feels distant and unrelatable and unreliable these days.
3:14.3	To access the layer of love that was once so abounding,
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