I get an opportunity to stop feeling sorry for myself, to appreciate what I do have, and to stop focusing on the negatives. My behavior has been self-sabotaging, and before I can admit it to anyone else, I need to admit it to myself. So I do. The only way over pain is through it. I stop relying on things that momentarily numb my emotions, and I face them head-on. This feels awful, later difficult, and then eventually so simple,
