<p>After suddenly being diagnosed with a rare form of aggressive cancer, I immediately started spiraling downward.</p><p>Denial</p><p>Loneliness</p><p>Fear</p><p>Depression</p><p>Anger</p><p>Self-destructive behaviors</p><p>My life was a disaster. I was a mess. I was doing just about everything I was instructed not to. All sense of responsibility flew out the window right along with my sense of morals. Further and further I slid into the deepest, darkest part of my life. I had come to terms with the fact that my life was over. I was going to die.</p><p>Until I was rescued from not only cancer-but from myself.</p>