note to myself

2026 Thoughts

✦ August

Are We the Warden or the Prisoner?

I thought freedom meant having the keys and being able to leave whenever I wanted. During recovery, I began to wonder whether the life I had built for freedom had quietly become the walls around it.

30 Aug

2026 Thoughts

✦ August

63 Days in the Valley of Darkness

For 63 days, recovery taught me what I had understood but never truly lived: everything changes, not everything is within my control, and sometimes the only way forward is to accept what has already happened. This is a note to my future self about impermanence, surrender, and simply being.

23 Aug

Are We the Warden or the Prisoner?

63 Days in the Valley of Darkness

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