“Being able to think clearly because there is no alcohol or drugs in me is one of the greatest feelings to date. Right or wrong, the choices we make and being accountable for our actions is freedom of self. But the best thing of all is that I can be me. That I am free, and the Freedom to be Me…”
– L.E.Hastings –

“I don’t know when it happened, but I was wrong – oh wait, now I remember, the beginning…”
L.E.Hastings

“Sometimes forgiveness starts at the end..”
L.E.Hastings

“Sometimes doing nothing is one of the hardest things to do while we watch others make mistakes that we have.
Sometimes doing to much for others takes and stops them from what they’re supposed to learn and experience in life and ourselves – and
Sometimes it’s both.
There’s no rule in doing the next right thing.
That’s just life…”
-L.E.Hastings-

“When one is to many and ten is never enough and that power of that first one – so strong, so mentally powerful its influence so great – as soon as I had it in hand that feeling of wellness started to begin. This is the biggest lie I could tell myself, that this fluid, this drug – will make it better – with just this one…”
-L.E.Hastings-

“A good laugh at oneself is much needed when dealing with some of the choices we make – as is a good cry, a good scream, and occasionally a good – what the f—…”
L.E.Hastings

“When we stand at the turning point in our lives and look out upon the darkness with only a small flame of hope to change, we can gather the strength to take that next step into the morning light – pushing back the fear, and finding that the flame of hope is much bigger than the fear of standing at the turning point of change…”
-L.E.Hastings-

“Why’d you ask me if I wanted to be back here for?” They said to me as we walked closer to the front and finding two seats in the second row.
“This isn’t to close for you is it?” I ask as they sat down looking very nervous up at me and to answer your question. “I had asked you that in hopes that you’ll be willing to do something different this time around. That by sitting way back there you seemed to be doing the same thing all over again – am I right?”
“Yeah, how did you know?”
“That’s simple – you look a lot like me, and if you’re anything like me I had one hell of a time trying to fit in. Never really thinking that I fit in at times and that all these people had no idea what it was like being me and the bottom line was that I was here and I really didn’t have any other place to be at. In plain words – I was scared and if the things in my life didn’t start changing, it felt like I was going mad or just plain die. Not a place I would recommend to anyone.”
-L.E.Hastings- ‘It Happened Before’