As I have said often before - the first step in healing, whether it be alcoholism, drug addiction or whatever - is understanding what you're dealing with.
Because once you understand something - in this case the nature of addiction - you can let go of all your preconceptions that keep you stuck and prevent you from moving forward.
Being inflexible and having preconceived notions on a particular area (in this case alcoholism or drug addiction) - means we end up being our worst enemies in our fight against addiction.
So before you do anything else, stop standing in your own way, and empower yourself with the knowledge you need to get you started on beating alcoholism and drug addiction.
Too many of us have a need to be right, rather than just staying open-minded to a subject. In certain cases there is nothing wrong with that - but when you're dealing with issues as important as alcoholism and drug addiction - there is no place for egos.
One of the most controversial topics around understanding addiction - is the fact whether alcoholism and drug addiction are in fact a disease. So many people get caught up arguing over the whole addiction/alcoholism disease thing - they let that get in the way of doing what is best to overcome/help someone else overcome an addiction.
Agreeing on the causes of alcoholism and addiction can also sometimes be a contentious issue. Science now shows that genetics plays an increasingly prominent role, but lots of people still don't believe it despite evidence to the contrary.
For more in-depth information around these subjects, follow the links in the resource box provided. But my point is - ultimately these issues should be secondary to doing whatever is necessary to get clean and sober.
Because once you understand something - in this case the nature of addiction - you can let go of all your preconceptions that keep you stuck and prevent you from moving forward.
Being inflexible and having preconceived notions on a particular area (in this case alcoholism or drug addiction) - means we end up being our worst enemies in our fight against addiction.
So before you do anything else, stop standing in your own way, and empower yourself with the knowledge you need to get you started on beating alcoholism and drug addiction.
Too many of us have a need to be right, rather than just staying open-minded to a subject. In certain cases there is nothing wrong with that - but when you're dealing with issues as important as alcoholism and drug addiction - there is no place for egos.
One of the most controversial topics around understanding addiction - is the fact whether alcoholism and drug addiction are in fact a disease. So many people get caught up arguing over the whole addiction/alcoholism disease thing - they let that get in the way of doing what is best to overcome/help someone else overcome an addiction.
Agreeing on the causes of alcoholism and addiction can also sometimes be a contentious issue. Science now shows that genetics plays an increasingly prominent role, but lots of people still don't believe it despite evidence to the contrary.
For more in-depth information around these subjects, follow the links in the resource box provided. But my point is - ultimately these issues should be secondary to doing whatever is necessary to get clean and sober.
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