For years, I swore that people don’t change. This mindset was a huge handicap for me. Not only was I denying others the grace to be imperfect, but I was also holding grudges and not fulfilling my role in relationships to be forgiving and kind. Likewise, I wasn’t giving myself a chance to grow. It kept me stuck on a path of self-destruction and isolation which landed drunk and alone, thoroughly broken, and calling to reserve a bed at the INOVA CATS detox facility in Fairfax, VA.

I convinced myself that people were incapable of becoming someone different. After being hurt for so long by other people, I just figured that I was stuck as the person I had become. I gave myself an excuse to stay the same—to not do the work to change the things I could. Why try only to be hurt again? This mindset protected me, yet it trapped me as well.

I haven’t just experienced change myself; I’ve also witnessed remarkable transformations in others:

Lost to Luminary

Suicidal to Spiritual

Hopeless to Heroic

Depressed to Deliberate

Shameful to Serene

I can keep going, but you get it.

There’s this thing called neuroplasticity, which means our brains can rewire themselves—you CAN teach an old ‘dog’ new tricks! Behavioral change is possible with willingness, consistency, and most importantly for me, support from others who genuinely want you to succeed. You CAN change.

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