11/21/2025
Focus on what is left, not what is lost.
That’s something I’ve had to learn in this work.
I meet people at some of the hardest points in their lives. By the time they arrive, most of them feel like addiction has stripped everything away, relationships, trust, opportunities, even their sense of who they are. And families often feel the same way, standing in the tension between hope and heartbreak.
But when someone walks through our door, I don’t look at what they’ve lost. I look for what’s still there. There is always something left, strength they don’t recognize, the courage it took to show up, the desire for change buried under the pain.
Recovery isn’t about pretending the losses didn’t happen. It’s about realizing they don’t define the future. What’s left is the willingness to try, the spark of hope, the resilience that survived the storm, that’s what carries people forward.
I hold onto this truth every day: the losses are real, but so is the potential that remains. And I’ve seen enough people rise again to know that what’s left is more than enough to start a new life.
So focus on what is left.
Because what is left is enough to move forward and enough to become something stronger than what was lost. 💜🫶🏻💜
