• step 1: kick heroin-get on methadone maintenance
• step 2: get off your lazy ass and get a job!
• step 3: get rid of all the negative baggage in your life (i.e. shitty junkie roommates)
• step 4: move to a stress free environment (i.e. mom's house) ok, not completely stress free but heroin free!!! yee!!!
• step 5: quit all bad habits//triggers (i.e. junk food, laziness, smoking pot)
• step 6: get on a schedule and stick to it (see daily routine list)
• step 7: meditation really helps, i swear.
• step 8: eating heathy, is good, duh. but for people like me that are insanely skinny, eating lots of fiber, protein, and vitamins and minerals will really help pack on the pounds.
• step 9: take vitamins daily
• step 10: exercise the demons! (i.e. bike ride, workout, yoga, etc.)
• step 11: educate yourself; you'd never realize how much reading and researching stuff you are interested in makes you feel better about yourself, knowledge is power, power is sexy, you are sexy!
• step 12: really look at yourself in the mirror; don't just look at your face, look into your eyes and stare yourself down.
• step 13: do things that make you happy (i.e. make over, nails, shopping, what-have-you)
• step 14: tell yourself "i am beautiful" and mean it, if you can't find a way you can. do what you must to really feel beautiful.
• step 15: organize your life, it makes everything so much easier.

p.s. i actually did all these things ;)