For the record. I will do a few more of these posts in the coming days to address the things I could not fit in here and to give proper thanks to the people who have been on this crazy ride with me. What I want to say now is that I am proud of myself for never giving up and that I am ever so grateful to everyone who has supported me. Both those who have been there from the beginning as well as those who entered my life along the way. It’s been a long road and it was not easy, but I was never alone and there was always someone there to remind me that this was worth fighting for. My brother, my family and the @bentongym community never turned their back on me. I have no one but myself to blame for what led to my downfall. I have come to terms with that and I fully realise the damage I caused to the image of the sport as well as to myself and my family name. It’s been 5 long years since then and through the darkest days the only thing that kept me going was the goal of one day having a chance to make amends of that and redeem myself. To compete again at the CrossFit Games and to do it the right way. To show the world that anyone can make a mistake, learn from it and come back from it a better person. Redemption is possible for anyone who is willing to do the work. Being a Games athlete again means everything to me and I’d like to thank everyone in the @crossfitgames team for welcoming me back and making me feel like I belong. I also want to highlight the crowd in Madison that cheered me on through the past week. You have no idea how much it meant to me. I had been dreaming about this every single day for the past 5 years and to have finally done it is something I will never forget. From the bottom of my heart, THANK YOU ❤️🤍 📸 @benywatson