So what if I was an addict?

I may not have come close enough to know how you actually feel labea. I may not have known you personally either. But knowing that I can share a little here can be just as meaningful to me and hope it is for you too. Enough has been said about the past. Cry it out, shout it loud, whatever. I think it's time to look to the future now. It's best to forgive and forget. Love yourself. Breathe the fresh air outside. Look at the horizon, take a closer look at the flowers, walk bare foot and feel the grass, the earth beneath, play in the rain... Pick all the pieces up and just move on. Blessings!

Like what respondent said, people do not know that you have been through. Oftentimes, we judge people on face value. It is best that communicate your thoughts so that you will be understood by the people around you. It is always best to talk about your problems than just keeping it to yourself. In that way you can gain more support from the people close to you.

This is the sorry state of the world that we live in! Everyone passing judgement on others whilst forgetting about the imperfections in their own lives! I think it's very admirable that you are trying to change your life! There will always be those willing to judge and condemn you in relation to your past but I say just forget about them as they are not worth it! At the end of the day you can become a stronger character as a result of your past. I think if you are doing the right thing now then that is all that counts. The good thing also is, you get to choose who you allow into your life, you can choose your friends as it were! You should choose people that are going to support you and encourage you with this huge uphill task that you face. I also believe in the law of Karma! Do bad and bad is coming back at you whether you like it or now! Do good and good will return to you a hundred times over! Anyway, all I can say is I wish you the best of luck with your plans and it sounds as though you are on the right path! Andrew

Hi labea, The point is that some people have very fixed notion of impression;they aren't ready to take the risk of giving a chance to put themselves in insecurity.Leaving them apart there is much space on earth to accommodate or spare a changed Labea.My advice is not to loose hope until you get the right kind of job from a right employer because even if you would get a chance to work with them who were otherwise unwilling to take you,you had to face problems of different kind.Just get so desperate in your way to get job that people find your urge to recover from a Doom!May God bless you!

First of all, Congratulations on your achievement. You should be proud. Kicking addiction of any kind is not easy. Okay, on to the topic, I just don't see the connection with the message and this topic. The message didn't say anything about your addiction. May be I am just daft. Care to enlighten the situation?

There are people who will really look down on you and sometimes will give you a hard time, but don't listen to them, the important is the new you. Always look to yourself the way God look at you...he always look at our best not on our worst and shortcoming. I'm so proud and happy for you, people who can control themselves are strong people and you are one of them. You overcome the test of life and I pray that you will continue to improve your life so you can be a role model and inspiration to everyone. About finding a job...I've been trying to find a job myself but mostly I was discriminated because of my handicapped but I believe in God that he is in control so don't worry hang on to him and he will give you a beautiful and bright future. God bless you.

hi there, friend people don't really understand what you have been through unless and until they have gone through the very same. People have the tendency to act all holy and stuff, cause they are simply ignorant. Instead of empathizing, they sympathies ones sordid life. Please don't feel that you are the only one going through this, there are a million others who have gone through a similar situation and still moved on despite these typical characters who are self proclaimed critics. Please ignore such people and move on to someone who actually care and understands...

People should not judge you because of your past failures. If that were the case we are all horrible people because we have all failed at some point in our lives. Congrats on your new life.