All too often, for too many of us, it is: Three steps forward! Two steps back! We all have felt the joy of success and achievement. All of us have also felt sadness and disappointment during times of failure or loss. These ups and downs in life provide us the knowledge and motivation to take three steps forward and no steps back. We just have to do what we know we need to do. A story of love.
If addicted: You no longer respect yourself. You feel as though you are in a dark place, a deep dark abyss. Over and over you have told yourself, “no more, enough, please no more.” You keep trying to quit the addiction. Your addiction is the master. The master is not nice he beats you. He takes all your hard earned money. He will not let you go. He keeps greasing the steep walls of the abyss. His face and smile are scary. You persistently, frantically, and so desperately try to climb out. With every bit of strength, you can muster, you climb the greased wall you want to get out of this place. The boss commands you and you obey. ”Yes boss yes master.” You are sad you’re disgusted with yourself, is no way out. You are so very tired, so exhausted, so you give up and just rest in the darkness. Addiction is where the shadows run from themselves.