Blow up if you want. Just don’t forget whose couch you slept on while you were getting there.

Success rewrites memory in a convenient direction. The version where you did it alone is more flattering and easier to tell, so the people who carried you through the broke years slowly become background in your own story. They notice that. So do you, eventually, and by then the distance is awkward to close.

Keep a short list of who was there before it worked, and use it. Answer their messages first, and say their names when people ask how you got here. Doing that early prevents a specific kind of loneliness later.