I want to speak to you directly — not as an author, or a facilitator, or the creator of a framework — but as someone who has sat exactly where you may be sitting now.

I know what it feels like to find yourself at the curb, wondering how everything fell apart… or how you’re supposed to stand up again. I know the nights when tomorrow feels too far away, when the weight of loss or grief or identity change presses hard against your chest. I’ve lived those moments. And somehow, I’m still here.

And you are too.

So let me offer you this truth — one I had to learn the hardest way:

You are not too far gone.
Not too broken.
Not too late.
Not beyond repair.

Rock Bottom may be where everything familiar falls away, but it is also where truth begins. And if you’re holding this book, if you’ve made it to this page, then some part of you — even the smallest part — already knows it’s time to rise.

You don’t have to have a plan.
You don’t have to feel brave.
You don’t have to know what the other side looks like.

You only have to take one step.

Recovery happens one breath, one moment, one honest choice at a time. Resilience grows quietly, in the background, every time you stay. And Reinvention — that beautiful, unexpected becoming — waits for you just across the street.

You don’t have to cross alone.
Walk with me.
We’ll move forward together — slowly, gently, at your pace.

Your story matters. Not just the polished parts, but the bruised edges, the unspoken chapters, the pieces that still hurt to touch. Those are the parts that make you human… and the parts that make you whole.

If I made it this far — from diagnosis to addiction to sobriety to healing — then I promise you this:
you can make it too.

The curb isn’t your ending.
It’s your pause — your breath — your moment before rising.

Take whatever step you can today.
Even if it’s tiny.
Even if it’s trembling.

Every step counts. Every breath matters. And your story — your beautiful, unfinished story — is far from over.

I’m here.
I’m with you.
And I’m cheering for every step you take.

With care,
Rob

If my story resonates, it’s because it touches something human in all of us—the moment we realize we can’t stay where we are. Here’s what that journey looked like for me.

Next: The Journey →

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