I'm sure you were always the good Person. Perhaps or definately, your choices/ actions/ behaviors could have more appropriately Represented the person you are..... but then, These are examples of the fallout of Substance abuse & Addiction.
It's true when they say, "that's not the person you are; those are just Things You Have Done ".
Sadly the individuals who've NEVER been exposed to addiction or known how this awful affliction progresses, often Do Not Understand this concept n they think it's a platitude, excuse or an attempt at shirking responsibility. Well..... it ain't. And they're Fuckin WRONG.
At times I mean. At times.