The past is gone

The past is gone. All the times, all the people are behind me now.
I lived for years with certain ethics and morals and how to live my life, that way kept me down. The people I surrounded myself with caused temptations to always be around the corner. I am now separated from that life, I intentionally did it to myself so that I can start fresh with nothing holding me back.
Its now time to look forward, to be a family guy, not in the cartoon way, but a real family guy. Stable, honest, trustworthy. I am okay with the path I have now chosen, although it seems that I am still halfway in and halfway out due to living in a halfway house. I still have to associate with some of the guys from my past and that is uncomfortable at times.
The past is gone yet the memories remain. They are memories that I have to challenge, there is no glorification, and the people that are living in them aren't what they seemed to be. I thought that I had close friends but in reality as time proved, they were con's; they had, or have too many issues of their own to be true friends. So I move on, don't look back, and live for myself and family as I walk this walk that I now must walk. I can't go back to who I was and I don't want to. I love who I am now, what I have and who I am becoming.