Put God first

Previously

…I knew, with a certainty that chilled me to the bone, that I was on a dangerous path. The fleeting pleasures I’d pursued were turning to ash in my mouth, leaving me with a hunger that could never be satisfied. The world, with all its glittering promises, had revealed its true face – a hollow imitation of life, a siren’s call luring me to my destruction. I was lost, and the path back seemed shrouded in darkness, but for the first time, a flicker of resolve ignited within me. I had to find my way back. I had to try. The chapter was closing on a life of reckless abandon, and the faintest hint of a new beginning, however terrifying, was beginning to dawn.