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“The truth is, the path to skid row isn't always laced in crystal meth - there is no concrete path that leads to insanity. Crazy is really just you or me and one bad day that leads to several more bad days. It's those of us who were forgotten about. Those of us who couldn't get help in time. Those of us with a disease that was misdiagnosed.”
― The Gospel According to a Basket-Case
― The Gospel According to a Basket-Case
“There is a God in heaven; and he is a
loving, caring, and compassionate God
who wants to help you.”
― The Hope Recovery Devotional: There is Always Hope with God
loving, caring, and compassionate God
who wants to help you.”
― The Hope Recovery Devotional: There is Always Hope with God
“But I was still so often just a tourist in sobriety.”
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“Constant Reminder - Constant Deterrent”
― The Sober Addict
― The Sober Addict
“The value of sensuality is that it provides you with pleasure from the pain of itself.
Sensuality touches you with pain, but at the same time, it offers you a solution for that same pain. It’s just like racketeering: “Okay, if you pay me, I’ll make your problems go away, problems that I put on you so that you will pay me”. So you get extorted by your own sensuality, your own desires. Sensual desires hurt, and giving in to them will remove that hurt and reward you with more pleasure. It’s a win-win. Or so it seems, until you realize that the true win is to not be pressured by the desires in the first place. The win is not having to pay the racketeering thugs for your safety; the win is to not have the thugs pressure you at all.
The more you give in to the pressure of sensuality, the more you will have to give in since its nature can never be changed. The Nature of sensuality is that it hurts, burns, and pressures you.”
― Dhamma Within Reach: A Guide to Endurance, Patience and Wisdom
Sensuality touches you with pain, but at the same time, it offers you a solution for that same pain. It’s just like racketeering: “Okay, if you pay me, I’ll make your problems go away, problems that I put on you so that you will pay me”. So you get extorted by your own sensuality, your own desires. Sensual desires hurt, and giving in to them will remove that hurt and reward you with more pleasure. It’s a win-win. Or so it seems, until you realize that the true win is to not be pressured by the desires in the first place. The win is not having to pay the racketeering thugs for your safety; the win is to not have the thugs pressure you at all.
The more you give in to the pressure of sensuality, the more you will have to give in since its nature can never be changed. The Nature of sensuality is that it hurts, burns, and pressures you.”
― Dhamma Within Reach: A Guide to Endurance, Patience and Wisdom
Books Dealing with Addiction
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