Actress Toyin Abraham, has opened up on her relationship and career in a new interview.
Recall she was once married to actor Adeniyi Johnson, the actress who admitted the end of the marriage caused her so much pain she resorted to alcohol and drugs said along the line she found help within.
“At a point, I realised that I didn’t love myself enough and I wanted the people around me to love me. Also, I found that all the while I chose to please other people before pleasing myself. And I was focusing on the things that did not matter,” she said.
“I didn’t plan for a broken home, I didn’t plan for a broken marriage.
After my marriage, there was so many negativity and I was emotionally carried away.”
I realised I didn’t love myself and I wanted people around to love me.
I didn’t focus on things that really mattered. I was focusing on things that don’t matter and I always choose people before me.”
“I did not love myself enough. I was losing touch with things that used to work for me because I was involved with negative habits like drugs, smoking, and codeine.All these things were empowering my negative energy. So I had to stop.”
“I realised I deserved more. I focus more on bigger pictures. I decided to change my team and few people around me and I decided to change my habits.I stopped doing a lot of things. A lot of bad things that brings out the negative energy in me.”
“I didn’t heal before jumping into another relationship but I thought I was going to be healed by another relationship.
5.”I sought for help. I changed some people and friends around me and I stopped my negative habits.
The battle is 100% over. I have lived my past behind I’m looking forward to the future.
I’ll let everything that happened in the past be in the past. That’s why I agreed to change my name. I’m in the future. I thank God for giving me another chance.”
Emeh Achanga,the CEO of the Miss Petite Nigeria Brand is a lawyer turned blogger. She is very passionate about writing, with several publications and awards to her credit .She is currently working on publishing a collection of short stories which are basically a memoir about her exciting true experiences.
