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Raman


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What is an addict addicted to ?
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" Addicts are not addicted to substances; addicts are addicted to the feelings they get from their substances and if they are denied a substance and they can get that feeling from another substance / behaviour, they will " - Susan Cheever

-- Edited by Raman on Thursday 30th of September 2010 09:28:27 AM

-- Edited by Raman on Thursday 30th of September 2010 09:29:09 AM

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Raman


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Explains my "secondary addictions" to sex, gambling, rage, compulsive spending, compulsive friendships and the lot !!!

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Yes my friend LeeU HIT IT GOOD when she stated we have no drug of choice(DOC),we have addiction,physical,mental and spiritual,whatever pumps our endorphins to the highest level,,could be any of that huh!!!smilesmile

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Dave R


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We may not be addicted to substances per se, but certainly some substances feed into our addiction more than others. I enjoy a couple of cups of coffee a day and can be pretty grouchy if I don't have my morning java, but coffee does not cause nearly the same level of destruction or dependency that other drugs I have used have caused.

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The beauty of this programme is that it gives us the awareness to identify when our addict behavior is active and all we need to do is aply the programme to that behavior and keep our lives in check.........

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Happiness comes from within. The self destructive behavior begins when we seek external sources of happiness.

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Yes, Ruthy, my sponsor had once suggested to ask oneself before taking major decisions=
"is it Light or dark ?" and that addiction would show up as a dark force, full of manipulation, anger, pushiness etc., whereas love and recovery would be more like smoothness, lightness, serenity and the Prescence of a Honest Power Greater than myself and the dis-ease !!!

Fab insight Kate, thanks,, nice to see you back here,, welcome !!!




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