Please allow me to extend to you all an invitation. Family, colleagues, and close friends Welcome to the alteration

Please allow me to explain all the things going through my brain. Love, fear, desire, and pain, thoughts we all ascertain

I'm new and improved

I'm so much better than I used to be

Please allow me to proceed to collect the things that I need. To move forward but to heed the free advice that's in front of me

Please allow me to convey my gratitude along the way. I'll pay it forward some day, maybe it's underway

I was an awful alcoholic

I was a shitty drunk and fucked up on drugs. I didn't care about myself or anyone

I still struggle with self-esteem, battle with identity, and combat insecurity all the while maintaining just a little shred of sanity

I was an asshole and neurotic but I'm so much better than I used to be