These are words of 90 percent of first time
recovered addicts under gone in any kind of therapy and stayed sober for more
than ninety days in any institution across the globe. It’s universal attitude. There are a few
exceptions of course but we are talking about majority here. After staying
sober for three long months, long because in withdrawal period every moment
seem like eternity and after being physically fit the lure of outside and inner
zeal of being part of it of an individual takes lot of patience.
After rejoining the routine life and
getting busy with day to day activity everybody encounters with so called THE
SUBSTANCE. With the time gone, the memory of apprehensions and the feel of
continuous yearning fade away. People sees that everybody else is enjoying
their life with the presence of THE SUBSTANCE in their daily routine, being
unaware how this so called THE SUBSTANCE can affect the life and soon they get
influenced by it, this aspect is out of focus at that time and especially one part
of addict’s inner self which is fueled the ego of him/her completely ignores
the facts and statistics which are available in abundance in any form of media
worldwide.
Nobody is like to be in captivity or under
anyone control 24 x 7. It’s just not human nature. Nobody is like to be scared
of anything and especially a non living thing and only at that time the ego of
a man/woman takes over the smooth ride of life. Now the question arises how can
one avoid taking this wrong turn? There are lucky ones who had support of their
loved ones or smarter ones who learns by staying aware and learning from the
mistakes of others in their surroundings. If we take an honest note of the
things around us and compare time of the period when we were using THE
SUBSTANCE regularly and the time when we did not. We will find sober time
better and yes results won’t come in an instant or overnight but the things
will surely change for good but gradually. It is you and only you can decide
that all your time and energy had spent for good or just wasted by facing
apprehensions and being in captivity. It’s only a drink, drag or a snort away,
the gateway to hell. We must all remember that.
There are few techniques that I must share
with all the recovering addicts. I am not suggesting here all the traditional
ways like be in constant touch of self help groups or read literature. Here I
am suggesting you write daily reflections about this habit of yours or some
kind of journal to keep yourself reminding of all the things happening around
you because the of THE SUBSTANCE and it will also make you feel good about
yourself because soon you will be realizing that how many mishaps you had
avoided. This I am writing from my long experience of being addict and
analyzing the various circumstances of my life and others.
No comments:
Post a Comment