Instead of trying so hard to be different, make a difference and you will stand out more!

Once I returned home from recovery it was difficult for me to adjust to the idea of everyone still doing what they always do. I suppose I was expecting the world to stop what they were doing since I had to put down everything and go into recovery. I was off to a slow start, because I was unsure where I was going to fit in. I was going to a small town where everyone knew what had happened. I was nervous to learn how people would treat me and if people would want to talk about it, because I surely did not. It took me awhile to figure out where I was going in life too. I wanted so badly to be successful and did not know how without giving up everything I believed in. I learned that I did not have to change myself from wanting to be different I just had to turn it into something meaningful and important and show my difference in a way that was not rebelling in attitude or style, but by showing what i can and will do in order to make a difference. Now I am planning to go to school study human behavior/ human services and go into addictions counseling so I can help those who are given that last chance to find success.