After Ever Happy (After #4)

people can only change themselves, no matter how hard you try

When you say things like I’m your lifeline, and when you admit that something hurts you, it reminds me why I love you so much.”

There’s always another day, there’s always a way to make up for the shit you’ve done and the people you’ve hurt, and there is always someone who loves you, even when you feel like you’re completely alone and you’re just out there floating along, waiting for the next disappointment. There is always something better to come

‘You can’t get away from yourself by moving from one place to another.’

AFTER EVERYTHING, we made it. Whatever the hell our souls are made of, they are the same.

“Baby, the last blonde I had in my bed was you.”

She fixed me; she glued the tiny fragments of my fucked-up soul into something impossible, something almost attractive even. She made me into something—she made me normal almost—but with each drop of glue she used on me, she lost that drop of herself, and me being the piece of shit I am, didn’t have anything to offer her.

Yeah, I know she’s hot. Now look away before I rip your eyes from your head, I want to tell him.

‘After’?” She tilts her chin up, using her hand to shield her eyes from the sun.

“That’s what it’s called.” I look away, suddenly feeling self-conscious about the name. “It’s about my journey, after meeting you.”

anything is fucking possible when it comes to self-recovery. It shows that if you have someone to lean on, someone who loves you and doesn’t give up on you, you can find your way out of the darkness. It shows that no matter what type of parents you had, or addictions you were faced with, you can overcome anything that stands in your way and become a better person.