Addiction: Birth To Recovery

03/24/2025

There are many people out there suffering from the "disease of addiction".

We thought there was an epidemic during the 80s when "CRACK" ruled king of the illegal drugs and devastated, only GOD knows, how many families' relationships.....and it didn't discriminate.......hit everybody of ALL colors, sizes, ages, etc.

And then came the rest of the herd.....meth....heron...pills(O Lord the pills)....lean....cocaine.....and many, many more.

There are many theories as to "WHY" we do drugs. Most of them deal with our ability to escape the troubles in our lives, especially the ones we don't want to face.....and these may be true.......BUT.....

I believe that we seek, use and abuse drugs for one main reason: "TO EXPERIENCE A FEELING OF UPHORIA AND/OR RELAXATION"...In other words............PLEASURE!!!

I don't care what you're going through, what type of life you're living, who you living it with, whether you are doing good or bad....plenty of money in the bank or damn near broke.....YOU WILL SEEK PLEASURE IN YOUR LIFE FROM THE TIME YOU WAKE IN THE MORNING UNTIL THE TIME YOU GO TO BED AT NIGHT! (We learned how to do that as a baby)....and ever since we've been seeking some type of pleasure in our lives on a daily basis.

That's what my book is all about.....trying to help everyday people understand how our "quest" for pleasure is so strong until we resort to abnormal activities and behaviors in order to achieve just a small amount of happiness in our lives.

THAT'S HOW IMPORTANT PLEASURE IS TO US!

02/18/2019

ADDICTION: BIRTH TO RECOVERY

The disease of addiction is a disease of our attitudes, thinking and personalities....rooted in our FEARS, INSECURITIES and LOW SELF-ESTEEM.
It is a form of Co-dependency - an obsessive (overpowering thought) and compulsive (overpowering urge) relationship with people, places, objects, and/or events "outside" of ourselves and continuing that relationship, in spite of the "NEGATIVE" CONSEQUENCES TO OURSELVES AND/OR OTHERS!

FEARS - Belief that we are not being loved, accepted, appreciated, respected, supported, or nurtured. Fear of abandonment, failure, loneliness, abuse, etc.

INSECURITIES - Belief that we are not measuring up to others expectations of ourselves, lack of self-confidence, self-worth, and self-awareness, trust, and comparing ourselves to others who we "THINK" are more intelligent, popular, powerful, or successful, believing we are "NOT AS GOOD AS".

LOW SELF-ESTEEM - Belief that we CANNOT achieve anything, that everyone else is better, that we are not attractive, that we are not as smart, that we are worthless, stupid, dumb, too tall, too short, and the list just goes on and on.

The sad part about LOW SELF ESTEEM is that, in most cases, it is instilled in the child by the ones the child love the most!

Based on the above theory, by the time we reach 10-12 years of age, we are ready to develop ANY KIND of relationship with WHAT or WHO is available......as long as it makes me feel better than whats been explained above........Now you see why we reach for drugs, objects or people.....just to feel better!

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01/31/2019

ADDICTION: BIRTH TO RECOVERY

From the moment we are born we begin to develop our "BELIEF SYSTEM". From breastfeeding to bowl movement we begin to determine our likes and dislikes from daily interactions with our significant others.
We learn how to "manipulate" our environment in order to create happiness/comfort in our lives. This becomes very evident between ages 2 and 5 years.
But remember.....our belief system is created from external teachings from our significant others.
EXAMPLE: Little Billy observes his "alcoholic" father hit his mother because she wouldn't give him her purse for money.
The next day at school little Billy see Tom with a ball he wants.....he ask for the ball. Tom says no. Little Billy hit him and take the ball.....just like daddy!

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