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Discussion => Newbie discussion => Topic started by: Drakkor21 on April 21, 2013, 06:19 pm
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Though I'm definitely not new to SR or the forums, I have only been a follower of the forums until today. Now I'm a member, trying to get the ball rolling to 50 posts.
On another note, has anyone been outside enjoying the lovely weather of the last couple of weeks? I know I'm loving it, and I can attribute at least some of that love back here to SR. I have been a very depressed person my entire life (I'm currently in early my 20's.) No father, drug-addicted family (i don't mean users, i mean addicts), suicidal thoughts, blah blah. Not looking for sympathy, just moving toward the point I'm making. Anywho, since joining SR, I have had access to certain substances that changed the way I look at myself. Well not just myself, but everything. I'm sure many can relate to this as well. But I have learned that it is up to me to make myself happy. I must pursue my own life, my own happiness, my own success. No one else will pursue my happiness. Sort of an "eye-opener" in a good way and a bad way. Mostly good, in that I now literally have a new outlook on life, that outlook being that it will be what I make it be for myself. That same truth being true for everyone. I lost my older, and only brother last fall to a lifelong battle with drug addiction, and this is especially hard because I know that his addiction was partly because of the way the people around him viewed him, talked about him, and ridiculed him. "He's just another junkie, his brain is fried, he'll never be anything." He was 36 years old. For the last 7 years of his life, I never told him that I loved him, only to regret that daily now. What I'm getting at, my friends, is that you desperately need to enjoy the things you have in your life while you can. Let another person's opinion of you change you ONLY if you are bettering yourself, for yourself. And lastly, go outside. Get some sunshine if you have it. It's beautiful, guys. Have a wonderful day.