Brittany Snow marks major milestone with emotional message: 'I didn't know if I would make it'

Brittany Snow is celebrating a new milestone in her journey of recovery from an eating disorder.

Taking to her Instagram handle on Thursday, the 40-year-old actress recalled the moment she “decided to stop hurting” herself and began her recovery journey.

“Seventeen years ago, I didn’t know if I would make it. I couldn’t see a future, and I certainly couldn’t imagine one where I would learn to be kind to myself,”Brittany began the lengthy note.

“If someone had told me then that I would not only live, but one day have a beautiful, full life, free from the cycle of self-destruction and my eating disorder… I truly don’t think I would have believed them,” she confessed.

The Hunting Wives star also thanked her friends and family for their support during the recovery journey.

“Somewhere underneath the noise, there was a tiny voice inside me that kept saying: don’t give up,” Brittany penned. “There is so much more to your story.”

“There was so much beauty ahead that I couldn’t see yet. So much love. And one of the greatest gifts of making it through is being able to turn around and share the hope I couldn’t see possible," she added.

The Perfect Pitch actress concluded her emotional note by reminding those who are also struggling that they are not alone.

"So many people have stood where you are standing. There is life beyond the place you are in today, even if you can’t picture it yet,” Brittany wrote. “One day, the story you fought so hard to keep living may become the very story someone else needs to hear. I’m 17 years on the other side today. I’m so grateful I stayed.”