I’ve
promised to be there for you no matter what, when
you lost your job, your health, your looks, your
confidence and your friends. I’ve put your
needs above my own and I’ve endured with
you throughout the toughest of times. It’s
time for us to get some help, before it’s
all too late.
Deep within our human character
is a self-will that is inborn. We desire to control
people, circumstances, and our environ-ment. Our
attitude is that “We want whatever it is
that we want, and we want it now!”. This
attitude permeates our behavior as we travel down
the slippery road to selfishness. Substance abuse
is the Pandora’s Box of the alcoholic and
or addict who have lost the ability to control
both behavior and desire.
The grip of addiction prompts
me to provoke an argument so that I can escape
the house to get to the bar. It encompasses a
long history of broken promises, violated trust
and quitting a thousand times only to resume again
within the same day. Addiction allows me to continue
to lie to myself as I lie to my spouse and children.
It alienates me from my friends because I can
no longer afford to trust anyone, especially myself.
Addiction is my disease and it is everywhere.
My addiction affects my family members, even the
smallest. Keeping the secret of my addiction enables
my disease to progress, person to person, generation
to generation. |