Addiction recovery class notes
Recovery class
(notes) REALLY GOOD STUFF TONIGHT !!
1/12/2015
We all desire to be loved and have a desire to matter. There are several problems that arise when these needs are not met and we will instinctively seek out to be loved as well as to feel as If we matter. Drugs, alcohol sex,money,power we will replace the need to feel loved and to matter with these and many more things . Filling
"the want" or void only leads to yearning for yet even more "want". The void for want is an endless abyss that will never be satisfied , but by God because he is the only one thing that is big enough to fill the void.
An addict always wants to run away but the enormous problem that presents itself is that you can never escape running from yourself. No matter where you try to run you will never be able to run away from yourself. You will never be able to reach your full potential or your destiny if you do not let go of this false sense of this grand illustrious illusion of control .We presume to be in control of our addiction and yet in control of nothing. The addict is the only one Not acutely aware that they are indeed an addict because justification blocks the reality ,even though pretty much everyone who really knows them realizes that they are an addict . When an addict is not sober they are not sober to the reality of the hurt harm and danger they inflict upon everyone around them. Until you stop and get honest and step out of denial and into the reality of truth you will never begin to gain control of your life. You must concede to self and relinquish the control over to God because it is painfully and plainly evident you are out of control while assuming control of your own life. Releasing selfishness is a must because in order to break this crazy cycle of selfishness that is addiction
you have to exchange selfishness for selflessness. Selflessness is the giving of oneself instead of being a taker which is the very definition of an addict. The high price of denial is that your credibility in so many areas of your life go out the window while living in denial. The feeling of giving back feels so natural and right because we spent or spend so much time taking , being and living in the selfishness of addiction. Justification is a deadly poison that slowly destroys you from the inside out . The freedom of being sober is so much better than living in the shackles of denial that keeps you bound in addiction. Addiction will blur the truth of everything . You may think you are OK and want to believe you are fine but in reality you are a fine mess. Instead of dealing with our issues it is like watching something on TV an switching the channel we tend to switch the channel in our lives to something that involves less work. Being a sexual abuse survivor such as myself or a survivor of anything gives the survivor an illusion that we can handle anything and never have to reach out for help because we have survived so many things we just keep on surviving the trauma of Not dealing with our need to be helped. God made so many of us because we need each other . If we are not aware of the need that we all have and that need is to be helped out of life's troubles by each other we will never receive the help that we need. We tend to take care of our addictions more so than ourselves instead of taking care of business and that business involves asking for help. The truth is if you try to handle everything by yourself you begin and end in self.
(notes) REALLY GOOD STUFF TONIGHT !!
1/12/2015
We all desire to be loved and have a desire to matter. There are several problems that arise when these needs are not met and we will instinctively seek out to be loved as well as to feel as If we matter. Drugs, alcohol sex,money,power we will replace the need to feel loved and to matter with these and many more things . Filling
"the want" or void only leads to yearning for yet even more "want". The void for want is an endless abyss that will never be satisfied , but by God because he is the only one thing that is big enough to fill the void.
An addict always wants to run away but the enormous problem that presents itself is that you can never escape running from yourself. No matter where you try to run you will never be able to run away from yourself. You will never be able to reach your full potential or your destiny if you do not let go of this false sense of this grand illustrious illusion of control .We presume to be in control of our addiction and yet in control of nothing. The addict is the only one Not acutely aware that they are indeed an addict because justification blocks the reality ,even though pretty much everyone who really knows them realizes that they are an addict . When an addict is not sober they are not sober to the reality of the hurt harm and danger they inflict upon everyone around them. Until you stop and get honest and step out of denial and into the reality of truth you will never begin to gain control of your life. You must concede to self and relinquish the control over to God because it is painfully and plainly evident you are out of control while assuming control of your own life. Releasing selfishness is a must because in order to break this crazy cycle of selfishness that is addiction
you have to exchange selfishness for selflessness. Selflessness is the giving of oneself instead of being a taker which is the very definition of an addict. The high price of denial is that your credibility in so many areas of your life go out the window while living in denial. The feeling of giving back feels so natural and right because we spent or spend so much time taking , being and living in the selfishness of addiction. Justification is a deadly poison that slowly destroys you from the inside out . The freedom of being sober is so much better than living in the shackles of denial that keeps you bound in addiction. Addiction will blur the truth of everything . You may think you are OK and want to believe you are fine but in reality you are a fine mess. Instead of dealing with our issues it is like watching something on TV an switching the channel we tend to switch the channel in our lives to something that involves less work. Being a sexual abuse survivor such as myself or a survivor of anything gives the survivor an illusion that we can handle anything and never have to reach out for help because we have survived so many things we just keep on surviving the trauma of Not dealing with our need to be helped. God made so many of us because we need each other . If we are not aware of the need that we all have and that need is to be helped out of life's troubles by each other we will never receive the help that we need. We tend to take care of our addictions more so than ourselves instead of taking care of business and that business involves asking for help. The truth is if you try to handle everything by yourself you begin and end in self.
