Reality Check: Making the Best of The Situation - How I Overcame Addiction, Loss, and Prison

by Mike Sorrentino

Fuck no! I’m an addict! I popped them like candy. Hmm, I wonder what this will do? was my mindset.

sitch was crazy

There she was. As beautiful as ever. She looked exactly the same as I remembered. Smiling, glowing. Our eyes met across the room, and it was like time hadn’t passed. There was an immediate spark. It was as if the four years that had gone by since we’d last seen each other didn’t exist.

Love love!!

I truly believe a higher power placed her back in my life at exactly the moment when I needed her the most. She was the push that brought me back from the edge of death—because that’s what I was doing, slowly killing myself.

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When you come across an obstacle, you have to understand it’s nothing more than a brilliantly disguised opportunity. Keep moving forward, don’t give up, and eventually you’ll find success. Too many people face failure and treat it like a finality. Once you meet failure, it simply means you’ve found a way that didn’t work. Use that knowledge to find another way.

the inspirationnnn

I loved Lauren with all my heart and didn’t want to see her hurt in any way. As much as I could, I wanted to take that pain away from her. It wasn’t always possible, but I tried as hard as I knew how.

Never let your emotions rule your intelligence. Get outside your body

and try to understand what is happening. Understand the bigger picture of things. Get back to your standard operating procedure. Be grateful for today. Be grateful for the simple things like your job and family, food in the fridge, and your health. If you come from a default of positive energy, you attract more blessings and abundance. These are some of the things I learned and still wholeheartedly believe in.

Life is 10 percent what happens to you and 90 percent how you react to it.

no matter what life throws at you, the only path is forward, one step at a time.

I didn’t get what I prayed for until I became the person that should receive it.