Sometimes the people that were supposedly trying to not let you hit "rock bottom"..

Are the ones that were actually dragging you there..

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I've learned along my "travels" (to the bottom, to the top, back around again)

That you can't change other people. You will never be able to. You can only influence them hopefully enough to where they may change themselves. But they will only change if they want to. Not for you. It has to be for them. If they love you, then yes, maybe they will want to change for you. But again, its THEM wanting to.

I've also learned that no matter how much you want to believe someone's words..

You need to learn to be stronger the your inner most thoughts sometimes, because when their actions tell you over and over again not to.. Chances are that you most definitely shouldn't.

Stooping to someone's level actually makes you worse then them, not "just as bad"…

Always be yourself. Always stick with your beliefs and don't change them no matter how much you may want to make things "better" for a certain situation. Or a certain someone.

Sometimes.. No matter how hard it is.. You just have to hit the delete button…