I have been thinking about My Recent past in my struggle to overcome
addiction and BPD, And I came to some important realizations. One is
that I Did get clean off of Drugs without Rehab (although I went
several times without finishing a program ) But did so by running away
from my addiction to a place where I could not find my drugs of choice,
I think that to overcome this Monster of Drug addiction you have to go
to Treatment and complete It. Especially if you have severe emotional
and mental issues such as I do. The truth is one can run away from
anything in Life But eventually they will have to Face that they try to
escape. Eventually I will be face to face with the Meth Monster yet
Again and what will I have To deal with That ?? I will not have The
Tools that one aquires through a rigerous Treatment program, I will not
have the Tools of sticking with something and facing a demon. I have
always ran away from problems and what has happened But be be faced
with that same situation in the future with nothing to help me do
something different. People say that the definition of Sanity is doing
the same thing over and over again and expecting different results, But
The reason for this in my view is that you cannot achive different
results if you do not take a different path. A Pro Athlete will not
reach great heights in their profession if they do not work at their
Art or Sport. The same goes for the Addict or Person trying to overcome
any adversity at all, If you do nothing to Fix the Defect then Nothing
will Happen, Things do not get better on their own, It takes work. It
rings true with everything, When you have a cold, If you do not take
medicine then the cold will stay and get worse. The same goes for
recovery from addiction or Pschriatric Problems, If you just sit by and
do not work on that you suffer from then it will only fester and get
worse, Life takes work and effort and as hard as It may be to push
forward in certain struggles, It is needed if one hopes to Come out on
Top. Life is either a Dring Adventure or nothing at all, that means
that you must be WILLING to do whatever it takes to succeed. Sure,
survival is a Vital part of getting through difficult times But
eventually you need to do more than get by, You need to rise above and
take ACTION . He who takes no action, sees no Results ! I suffered many
overdoses due to Meth abuse over the last two years and of course had
my most difficult year emotionally last yr with my BPD taking over my
Life ending me in Hospital after Hospital , Suicide attempt after
another.. But I SURVIVED , Now I must make sure that I continue to make
progress and do not go back down that same Dark Road. There are three
stages of overcoming Adversity and Pain in my Opinion..... Stage One -
Is Survival, Almost like "Fake it until You make it" Get through the
difficult time until you have the tools to Be stronger and Stand
Taller. Stage Two- Is Growth, One must learn from their past in order
to Not make the same mistakes in The future and be more able to deal
with difficult situations in The Future, To understand where you have
been, where you are Now, and where you want To Go. Stage Three- USE
YOUR KNOWLEDGE AND EXPIERIENCE TO HELP OTHERS AND HAVE A POSITIVE
IMPACT ON THE WORLD !
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