True

If I could have collected money every time a person said that to me, I'd be close to a millionaire. I've been to a lot of rehabs and this was like their fucking motto there. The counselor's said it and the patients too.

At first I hated that quote. It irked me in every single way. I could say, "man, I'm fresh out of smokes." Someone in the room would reply with, "what doesn't kill you makes you stronger!" Id shoot a quick glare towards them and they'd have a big smile on their face. I was disgusted with them, with the saying, and for the fact I was out of cigs. I already figured out that's what every counselor would say when they had nothing else to say. They'd want me to open up and talk about my feelings. I'd do just that and the response was never comforting. It was always those damn words.

Funny thing is, a few years later I found myself saying it to myself and to others. I'd lose my apartment and be homeless and inside my head say, that which does not kill us makes us stronger. It became comforting. I must have said it everyday for a year straight to myself.

I believe that quote is true. I personally know that I am stronger for the things I've gone through in my life. Obviously I won't be picking up a keg with one hand and tossing it down the road with a flick of my wrist, kind of stronger. I am stronger emotionally and mentally. If I wasn't, then I'd probably be dead.