No matter what you are suffering from, recovery isn’t always the easiest.

Whether it is that brutal breakup, self harming, drug addiction; recovery seems worse than the addiction. You may think this torture will never end, but I promise you it will.

Dealing with the end of a relationship is never easy. It will keep you tossing and turning in bed wondering if you were good enough... Or may even eat you alive to where you get physically sick over it. You will think that talking to new people will help you, or even talking to some friends will... But it won't.

Recovery starts with you.

You will remember the random car rides you guys took together, or the way those big blue eyes looked at you while you were laughing so uncontrollably. You will remember the way their laugh made you feel so secure and their arms wrapped around you felt like a new home, and you never wanted to leave.

The night they decide to leave you, you will feel so empty... Like your whole world just crashed right in front of you and you can’t piece it back together. You won't have the motivation to even get up and get dressed for the day. You will want to lay in bed all day, silently in your room with no one around you. Everyone will ask you if you are feeling okay, but they will never understand that pain you feel in your whole body. No one will understand that “going out and having a good time,” won’t do anything to your broken heart. Each night you will feel like you can't go on with your life, and that you could never be happy again.

Darling, I am here to tell you though... This pain you feel in your heart; it never goes away. But you will learn to love the outcome of yourself after it. Whether it takes three weeks, three months, or three years... You will recover, and you will be so proud. Sooner or later you will be able to breathe again. You will be able to get out of bed and push yourself to get dressed. You will be able to slowly start healing again, letting yourself open up to other people about your experience. You will be able to start picking up your broken pieces and gluing them back together. Yes, there will be times where the glue comes undone... And you will break down - you will cry and think you were so stupid for trying to move on.

Never let the thought of one person tear you down on your road to recovery. The thought of them will tear you apart slowly until you can’t even think straight. Never let those thoughts get to you, because all they will do is ruin your almost paved road to recovery. You will hit speed bumps along the way, but it is your choice whether you try and fix them, or let them stop you. The past can hurt, but you can either run away from it or learn from it. You can not let your past destroy you, you have to get up and keep going.

I promise you, the way you feel when you laugh again, the way you start to smile again, the way you start to love someone again.. It will make you feel beautiful. It will make you proud of yourself for paving over those speed bumps, it will make you finally proud of yourself. Finally, you’ll be able to start living again like you did before. You will be able to look into someones eyes and feel an even better feeling than before, you will be able to notice the only person you need... Is you.

You have this.

You ARE strong.

You will get through this.

You deserve the world, with all the pieces glued together perfectly.

Love,