Lesson #2 for a Recovering ADDICT

Accept rejection.  Rejection is not personal, it is RE-DIRECTION to someone or something better for you. The most painful kind of rejection is when you reject yourself because another person has rejected you. Self-rejection keeps your addiction in place.

Addicts First Lesson on the Road To RECOVERY

Resisting the pain increases the pain. Allowing the pain, accepting the pain dissolves the pain.  Pain resisted persists, pain allowed disappears.

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Resistance to Pain Causes Addiction to Pain

Pain itself is caused by the brain not accepting something.  When 'something' is not accepted, it is resisted. Resistance to any thought or feeling causes pain. When acceptance is in place it is not possible to experience emotional pain.When acceptance is in place physical pain is reduced thus allowing the body to heal itself faster.

Addicts live in a Chronic State of Hopelessness.

Addicts live in a chronic state of hopelessness about something This state of hopelessness is caused by thoughts (living in the subconscious mind) playing on automatic pilot outside outside the immediate conscious control of the addict. Reprogramming the subconscious mind is the answer to the hopelessness problem.

Top 10 things 'Recovering ADDICTS' Told me.

1. Life scared me, that's why I took drugs.

2. I took DRUGS because feeling good for a little bit was better than never feeling good.

3. No one caring how I felt made me not care how other people felt.

4. Never wanted to hurt people until people started bullying me for being different.

5. I needed to physically hurt people to feel alive.

6. Numbing my feelings was better than feeling rejected by others.

7. My addiction was my escape from an emotionally abusive wife.

8. I was ashamed of how easily my feelings got hurt.

9. My boss wanting more and more from me caused me to become addicted to food.

10. If I drink, I am not afraid of other people.

Breakdown Comes Before Breakthrough

What Addict #1324 said

What made recovery so hard for me is drugs made me trust no one.  Without trusting that at least one person had my best interest at heart I didn't stand a chance of ever getting off drugs. Fortunately I found someone who trusted me without knowing me and that made it possible for me to trust again which was the first step on my road to recovery. I have been off drugs for 28 years now, going on 29 - Recovering Addict #1324