I want you to know that my most sincere desire for you is simply that you know what hope feels like. And I hope you know, because we are both women in recovery, that I know your heart. I know how you felt the last time you did the thing you are trying not to do, even if it was just this morning. I know how great it feels when you prove to yourself you can stop, even if you can’t stay stopped.

My wish for you is that you know you can be a nearly total fuckup for a large percentage of your life and still turn it all around and have a career you only dreamed of, or have babies if that is what you want, or even just raise the ones you have already. I wish for you that you get to go to school for a certificate or license or couple (or three) degrees, if that’s what you want to do. And I hope that if you choose to be coupled, you find someone to live in partnership with who totally gets you, maybe even before you get yourself. I hope my wishes for you come true. You are so worthy.

What are your wishes for yourself in recovery? May they come true.