I am what I am Are you what you are or What? - Alanis Morissette

This is a life of extremes
Both sides are slippery and enticing
These are my places off the rails
And this, my loose recollection of a falling
I barely remember who I failed
I was just trying to keep it together. This is my first wave of my white flag
This is the sound of me hitting bottom
This, my surrender, if that's what you call it
In the anatomy of my crash.

I feel this, truly proclaimed
Will help the curbing of this tendency.
I know this sharing of shame
Will ensure that I won't forget myself so easily.

A brave action is often followed by grief. Do not let my resistance to grief stop the brave action.