1000x THIS

Time after time I see people being permanently shoved into this corner because of their past, ESPECIALLY if that person is newly religious; nothing irritates the secular world more than a religious person, of any denomination, speaking out against wrongs they've previously done themselves. 

But like the meme says, that's called growth. It's called forgiving yourself. It's called adulting. 

There is little point to being alive if you prohibited from acknowledging your mistakes or trying to prevent others from falling into the same trap.