Heather, you truly are talented and for such a young woman your self knowledge is amazing. I know you have struggled with many difficult things in your life, but the positive side of that is that those struggles have provided such profound emotional growth. There are not many woman your age (well around what i imagine your age is) who demonstrate the emotional maturity that you do. Perhaps that sounds strange to you because you know you have a lot of work to do in your recovery, but truly just recognizing where you want to be and who you want to be is amazing growth.
I hope you will keep sharing. It helps us too and I believe the more you tell yourself these things, the more you will believe them...For they are so true. You are a bright, talented, caring and beautiful woman with so much to give to the world and so much life to live.