I'm still learning, but I can see there are decisions in life that are going to be very challenging and it's always better to get through them, always.

For a really long time, I've been trying to find balance where I can talk about my feelings and be upfront with people, confront issues and not have to beat them to death or ignore them.

I got really lucky when I found somebody that I want to be friends with forever.

As far as keeping my sanity, it's something I've only recently tried to focus on as a means of self-preservation.

I don't think anything has changed about me but my priorities have changed. At one point I was living my life and I didn't see a direct correlation between who I was affecting with my actions. I'm not as reckless, I'm probably not as fun or funny. I've turned to my dad's sense of humor. I think that having a family has put a lot more focus on what I do.

If you start getting yourself into just doing stuff for the money, even if it's a desperate situation, I just firmly believe that if you stick it out through that, then something right will come down the path.

I'm three years into my recovery from heroin and all this stuff and I want to be able to help people. But they have to do it on their own.