It's nice to have someone validate me every once in a while

And no, I don't mean like a parking validation. Twice now since I got sober, a friend of mine has gotten a hold of me either online or text messaging, and told me that I was their inspiration to stop drinking/doing drugs. Both are guys I have drank with and done drugs with in the past. So while this is a hard road to go down, every once in a while I get a glimpse of a better life.