October 7th, 2018
Indomitable is defined as, “impossible to subdue or defeat.” As important as it might be to apply this description to one’s determination to overcome addiction, it is first important to recognize the ways in which our addictions were, in themselves, indomitable . . .
September 30th, 2018
For centuries it has been noted that one of the foundations of human unhappiness is the inevitability of change. One of the best uses for addictive behaviors is that they can stand to iron out the emotional disarray that these changes seem to produce . . .
September 23rd, 2018
Addictions can serve many purposes, but one of the most important is to create—or usually wrest—a sense of comfort in the present moment . . .
September 16th, 2018
At root, participation in our addictions as well as in our recovery is work in the invisible. The payoff of addiction is internal, emotional, and in all ways, not part of the material world. While that to which we are addicted is usually visible—drugs, money, another person—the underlying rewards of these pursuits are not . . .
September 9th, 2018
The investment in either our addictions or our recoveries is, ultimately, an investment in attaining a sense of well-being. Furthermore, successful addiction recovery must be viewed as the functional pursuit of what was pursued, dysfunctionally, through our addictions . . .
September 2nd, 2018
Our addictions attempt to serve many important emotional purposes. One of these is footing. Often our addictions serve to create an emotional footing when we have trouble finding this equanimity without them . . .