I chose to create this blog because I realized that my passion for writing and my personal journey for mental health coincided. I have battled addiction, schizoaffective disorder, bipolar, clinical depression and probably just about any problem with mental health and self esteem. I had thought about killing myself more than once, and am still here to tell the story of my life. I started realizing that I had beautiful things around me that meant more than my unhappiness and through taking care of all the things I loved helped me feel better and made me a stronger person than I was before. Through this journey I dealt with becoming sober and starting from the bottom of my whole life. What I mean is I was so abusive with my nicotine habit that it was all I could think about. When I dealt with becoming sober, it felt like the worst thing in the world, when it was really the best thing I could do for myself . I also had to deal with a certain amount of humility and patience to then develop self respect. I made this blogging website to hopefully inspire others that are in similar situations and to help and support and share how I went from being someone on the brink of committing suicide to someone that is finding happiness in everything that I do.