The Old Purple Pill & The New "old" Greg

[Serenity Hope]

Hi, it's Greg here.

 

A little while ago, I put in a request to change my username.To explain why I did that, I'll tell you all a little story.

 

To begin, I'll say this: I've missed this place. Once, a long time ago, this was where I could come to be myself. I was alone and I didn't know who I could trust, I didn't know who I was, and it was here where I found what I had been looking for first. This website and the stories and the people that lie within are part of what has made me the person I am today, because it was them that allowed me to look further within myself to begin to accept me for who I am. I once was a scared little boy who thought he was going to hell for being different. I used to even think God was testing me, and I was failing miserably. Today, I am so, so different. I have confidence, I have pride, and I have joy; all of these simply because I can be the person I am. While nothing is ever perfect, I am a step up from the scared, confused young man I was those years ago.

 

It's taken me time to get to the place I am at today, but in the past few years I have become a person I am proud of. I'm lucky enough to be going to college, I have a family who ended up being a lot more accepting than I thought they'd be, and I have the best friends anyone could ask for. My new nickname happens to be "Old Greg" after the character from "The Mighty Boosh", a show I've actually not even watched myself  . My "new" friends that I've been friends with for many years at this point call me that, and it's a name that gives me joy. 

 

As for this website, one could say that I owe it my life. This is where it all started, and where the bad ended. September 17th, 2012; the day I first posted One Day, is the day that I stopped cutting. It's been more than three years, and it all started with a press of a button. Those of you who were there when I posted that, whether you helped me edit the original, or whether you gave me feedback, or even if you simply told me you liked it; you saved me. It was the posting of One Day that began to turn my life around. So while purpleweeniepill was where I started, Old Greg is where I am now, and it is Old Greg that I want to be   .

 

PS: I could go on and on about what happened in the years since I posted One Day, but that could take a while  .