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What's the best advice you've ever received? (self.asklemmy)

submitted 7 months ago by sjmarf to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 7 months ago

Being myself, knowing myself without the dull edge of substances, actually being present in my life and in other's lives. Drugs were an escape, a place to hide and avoid. Facing reality, while difficult, was such a more fulfilling experience than when constantly running from my own existence.