Yesterday marked a year of being on adhd meds, and also a year of being sober as I stopped drinking to start my meds and then never went back. That year has been life changing, I can do more than I have been able to in 6 years (I was diagnosed with ME/CFS in 2018). I finished therapy after 5 years. I have a stable loving relationship with our anniversary next month, Im able to help my grandma as her eyesight diminishes, and help my sister with raising my nice and nephew. I finished making the record I’d been trying to make for probably a decade, that’s announced next month. I’ve won poetry prizes. I’m doing part time editing work for my neighbour. I’m happy. I can get out of bed most days. I’ve spent my whole adult life, and most of my childhood, trying to feel better. I wasn’t always sure it was possible, but I keep trying regardless. It took too long, but it worked.
