Sometimes, it happens really quickly. A few things kind of turned against us and before we know it, we are coping in ways we used to see as acceptable and comforting. But they aren’t When you are descending, the time for reflection becomes poignant. You’ve been here before. You’ve felt this before. You are still …
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is it a disease?
I have always argued that it is not. I have been stoic in the fact that I make choices at times, often taking the easiest route. The most hedonistic route. The familiar route. Because a new route is hard. Change – for the new and improved – is hard, if not to start, then certainly …
The spiral may Always be Close
You’re doing ok. You’re building something. You’re making changes. And then all of a sudden you’re not. You’ve stepped in the wrong direction, and classically, you’ve gone too far before you realize where you are. You’ve spiraled. You’re up shit creek without a paddle. The current is strong. It’s going to take some fortitude to …
Regret
We’re surrounded by debris of the past… thinking about what could have been. What should have been. I am lost in my current position. Regret is a strong emotion. Apparently, if you’re feeling it, you’re living in the past. You’re remembering decisions and actions which you no longer have the power to affect. I can’t …
breaking the habit
This is the most important aspect of changing lifestyle addictions. The habitual motion of using hands for smoking. The timing of when you smoke, or when you play out any other habitual action in life. The ritual of when you drink. When you smoke. How you drink, and how you drink. Maybe how the two …
the revelation
The moment I realized I had control
The Addiction Paradox 