I’m rebuilding my life from the inside out, and this is the first time I’m asking for help from a place of clarity instead of crisis. I’ve spent years caught in cycles of addiction, trauma, and choosing people who couldn’t love me the way I needed. My priorities spiraled, my life got small, and eventually, everything that mattered began to slip through my fingers. Most of the people who were part of that chapter drifted away, and I’ve been learning how to stand on my own two feet again.

I’m sober today, and staying sober has shown me what my life could be. Miami has become a place where I finally feel purpose again. I’m building a massage and wellness practice here — something meaningful, something healing, something that feels aligned with who I really am. But starting over doesn’t erase the wreckage left behind. I’m three car payments behind, close to losing my insurance, struggling to keep my phone on, and trying my hardest just to meet the basics: food, medical needs, and my portion of rent.

I’m working as hard as I can, but there are moments when the weight of all of this feels heavier than what one person can carry alone. I don’t need anyone to fix my life for me — I’m doing the work. I’m showing up to meetings, staying sober, building this business, and choosing healthier relationships and habits every day. I’m simply asking for a little support so I don’t lose the things that make it possible for me to keep moving forward: my car, my phone, my stability, a safe place to live, and the ability to meet my basic needs.

Your support would help me pay for my LLC, licensing, insurance, massage table and equipment, marketing, and the foundational tools I need to launch my wellness business. It would also give me the breathing room to catch up on food, rent, medical expenses, and the essentials that keep me grounded and safe during early sobriety.

I’m not sharing this from a place of pity. I’m sharing it because I’m finally choosing myself — choosing the woman I’m becoming instead of the patterns that used to drown me. I know I have something to offer this world, and I’m trying to step into that with my whole heart.

If you feel called to help, thank you.

If all you can offer is love, prayers, or encouragement, thank you for that too.

Every bit of support means more than you know.