TakeActionNow
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ADDICTION IS THE DUNGEON WE CREATE AND KEEP OURSELVES IN.
addiction begins innocently enough
Avoidance of pain, difficulty, discomfort makes pleasure attractive and draws us to drugs, substance, games, gambling. Anything to delay and deny.
The pleasure then turns sinister, taking a hold on us and become domineering.
When once we can derive joy from effort and achievement, now nothing is more meaningful than the vice.
To protect the right to these "pleasures" we slowly close ourselves in, refusing more and more to partake with society and reality.
When once our mind lives in a glass house where sunlight shines brightly in, with addiction we cover the glass with curtains. On the mental floor where once there were delightful books and building blocks, we cleared them and layer with old tattered magazines and corrupt digital media.
Now the room is dark
Now the room smells.
No one can come in. No love. No laughter.
In a dirty corner we huddle, seeking new fixes and remembering past pleasures.
Living in this state we become guarded and defensive.
We stop growing and regress.
We have no ambition, and nothing to look forward to.
We become pessimistic and negative.
In this dark room we care only about ourselves. We become selfish and self centered. It's no wonder we are unattractive to others and ourselves.
It's no wonder we are miserable.
Such is the slippery slope of addiction.
Recovery is simple and direct.
Clear all the junk from the room and replace with flowers, books, pets.
Tear away the curtains and let in the light of reality
Open the doors to love and friendship can enter again
Exit the house and embrace the world.
Leave the dungeon mind of the addict.
Renew the mind of a person free of bondange to self gratification.
Become once again a person living and learning.
addiction begins innocently enough
Avoidance of pain, difficulty, discomfort makes pleasure attractive and draws us to drugs, substance, games, gambling. Anything to delay and deny.
The pleasure then turns sinister, taking a hold on us and become domineering.
When once we can derive joy from effort and achievement, now nothing is more meaningful than the vice.
To protect the right to these "pleasures" we slowly close ourselves in, refusing more and more to partake with society and reality.
When once our mind lives in a glass house where sunlight shines brightly in, with addiction we cover the glass with curtains. On the mental floor where once there were delightful books and building blocks, we cleared them and layer with old tattered magazines and corrupt digital media.
Now the room is dark
Now the room smells.
No one can come in. No love. No laughter.
In a dirty corner we huddle, seeking new fixes and remembering past pleasures.
Living in this state we become guarded and defensive.
We stop growing and regress.
We have no ambition, and nothing to look forward to.
We become pessimistic and negative.
In this dark room we care only about ourselves. We become selfish and self centered. It's no wonder we are unattractive to others and ourselves.
It's no wonder we are miserable.
Such is the slippery slope of addiction.
Recovery is simple and direct.
Clear all the junk from the room and replace with flowers, books, pets.
Tear away the curtains and let in the light of reality
Open the doors to love and friendship can enter again
Exit the house and embrace the world.
Leave the dungeon mind of the addict.
Renew the mind of a person free of bondange to self gratification.
Become once again a person living and learning.
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