When You Realize No One is Coming

That moment changed everything.

Chapter 4: Rebuilding from Zero

When you stop waiting, you start moving. Slowly, shakily---but forward.

I stopped playing jawara88 every time I felt low. I still logged in occasionally through https://galegordon.com, but now with awareness. I wasn't escaping anymore---I was controlling my habits, not the other way around.

I began setting small goals. Not grand dreams, just manageable steps:

• Wake up before 9 AM.

• Write 100 words a day.

• Drink water.

• Go outside.

Simple things, but they were mine. And more importantly, no one handed them to me. I created them. I kept them.

I started building the version of me I used to hope someone would find and fix.