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A View From The Other Side (Fairly Long)
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<blockquote data-quote="DarkwingPsyduck" data-source="post: 686266" data-attributes="member: 20267"><p>That's incredible.... If only we were all that strong. Really, compared to your daughter, myself and my addict friends are nothing. I cannot stress how difficult getting clean is, and she did it essentially on her own. I was not capable of that, so she is awe inspiring. You are right about walking the walk. Words are cheap enough, and they are worthless from an addict's mouth. I think this is because we get SO good at lying and manipulating that we are able to do it to ourselves. So, even when not trying to be disingenuous, we often are. Every time I ran out of drugs, I was quitting. Not really, of course, but I said I was. Even believed it. Until the moment that text came through that my supplier re upped. Then I was done quitting. Forced sobriety is a far cry from true healing. It is when we CHOOSE it that it really matters. You could lock an addict up in a dark basement for years, and KNOW that they are physically clean. Then, if you finally release them, chances are good that it will not take too long to fail. The idea is being able to say no ourselves. Not have it said for us, if that makes any sense. Genuine efforts are accompanied by REAL change and sacrifice, not words.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DarkwingPsyduck, post: 686266, member: 20267"] That's incredible.... If only we were all that strong. Really, compared to your daughter, myself and my addict friends are nothing. I cannot stress how difficult getting clean is, and she did it essentially on her own. I was not capable of that, so she is awe inspiring. You are right about walking the walk. Words are cheap enough, and they are worthless from an addict's mouth. I think this is because we get SO good at lying and manipulating that we are able to do it to ourselves. So, even when not trying to be disingenuous, we often are. Every time I ran out of drugs, I was quitting. Not really, of course, but I said I was. Even believed it. Until the moment that text came through that my supplier re upped. Then I was done quitting. Forced sobriety is a far cry from true healing. It is when we CHOOSE it that it really matters. You could lock an addict up in a dark basement for years, and KNOW that they are physically clean. Then, if you finally release them, chances are good that it will not take too long to fail. The idea is being able to say no ourselves. Not have it said for us, if that makes any sense. Genuine efforts are accompanied by REAL change and sacrifice, not words. [/QUOTE]
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