Hi everyone, today marks 500 days since I flushed the shard down the toilet. It hasn’t been an easy journey, and stacking up the days clean has been tough. I’m still dealing with PAWS and depression, and it's taking longer than I expected to get back to my baseline. But there's one thing I know for sure: it does get better, even if progress is slow.

I underestimated the time and difficulty of recovering from meth. I feel okay now—no more cravings or dreams of using. Maybe my brain has forgotten what it felt like to be high on meth by now. I didn’t think it would take over a year to feel this way, but here I am, better and finally feeling like a human being again.

I'm sharing this not to discourage anyone who’s recovering or struggling with addiction, but to remind you that it really does get better. Please don’t give up, even if you relapse. It's part of the recovery process.