Description
I struggled with addiction from the age of 17. As of now, I am a little over a year sober. Every day is a struggle, but every day is also a reminder of why I'm working so hard to keep my sobriety. Much of my addiction stems from a past riddled with trauma that left me with C-PTSD, and living with addiction made it essentially impossible to truly heal and move forward, instead landing me in situations that compounded my trauma and only made it harder to recover. However, with the help of family and support of my partner, I've been able to finally taste sobriety and the boundless potential my life finally promises. It's been a long, hard road, and often feels like an uphill battle. But at the crest, the view can be breathtaking. In this self-portrait, I referenced photos of myself from before and during my sobriety. Myself in the pits of addiction sits curled in the corner of a monochrome tomb. My recovering self, however, strides confidently into a world of color, where the sky is bright and the tomb stands only to remind me why I've left it.
