A short conversational excerpt from a YouTube video where two speakers describe personal transformation after addiction. Speaker A recounts surviving an overdose, achieving long-term sobriety, building a family, and attributing success to daily habits; Speaker B emphasizes feeling loved and fulfilled as markers of success. The passage foregrounds recovery, habit formation, and emotional wellbeing.
It's never too late to change. It doesn't matter how far gone you are. I mean, I had OD'd two weeks before I got sober and I was dead. And I was able to come out of that and create this awesome life, man. I mean, I'm married to the woman of my dreams. I met my wife in my first year of changing. We've been married for 16 years. We're together 18 years. I've got two wonderful kids that I love more than anything on the planet. You know, they love me back, which is like, you know, I just never thought that would be a possibility, man. And it is, honestly, all because I've been able to stick to habits. I mean, I really do believe that the decisions that we make on a day to day basis really do determine our success. But really, success is, in my opinion, it's how you feel, man.
Honestly, you know, back to how you feel. Well, you might not be happy all the time, but you're at least going to feel fulfilled and pretty good most of the time if you're loving and you're loved.
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