The idea of floating through our days in a state of bliss is the addict's dream. Addicts act as if they have a divine right to always feel wonderful. And many of us sacrifice everything to attain that ideal.
Some of us lose everything in our quest to live with ongoing ecstasy. Marriages. Jobs. Homes. Health. Even our freedom and dignity.
Only serious loss or pain forced us into change.
So if we can modify our thinking a bit, we have a better chance to stay clean.
That modification includes accepting the idea that things aren't always going our way. That challenges are part of all our lives. Pain. Loss. Sickness. Sadness. Depression. These are threads of the human fabric.
If we accept this reality, then when bad days show up we're not surprised.
We won't tell ourselves that the unpleasantness will last forever.
If we can do that we won't use our body for chemical experiments that never turn out well in the long run.
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