Addiction, Vulnerability and Truth

[loveandpower]

It's my six month annivesary as a Non-Smoker.  I have no desire to smoke.  I am amazed at the layers of detoxification I have undergone and continue to confront.   A thirty year addiction does not just disappear.  I used cigarettes.  Let's be honest.  And addict uses their drug of choice.  We like to talk about addiction as though it is something

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[liminal_spaces]

Good for you. And thank you; for this and much else.

[loveandpower]

Welcome, sir Don!

[happydog]

Wonderful. Who cares if it's not "wise" or "certain." What in life is certain? and I think wisdom comes and goes. I am just glad you are still quit, and so am I. Bless you.

[loveandpower]

Thanks. Glad you are still quit as well. Now, you know what you have to look forward to! This is still better than the homocide-suicide vs. smoke right now phase!

[tinuviel13]

What is wisdom if not life experienced and understood? Your own understanding of what is happening in your life and your total immersion into the experience is the source of true wisdom.
You are exercising your power in sharing your vulnerabily.
Thank you.

[loveandpower]

Thanks for seeing me, Sister.

[swansister]

Oh my Gods, I can related, I can relate and I send you love and support on your journey! I've never been a smoker but I can relate all the same.

[loveandpower]

Yes. I'm pretty sure that's why we know each other.

[anatketani]

Thank you for showing us your vulnerability, as not only does it truly make you stronger, but it helps those of us who are about to go there, in the middle of being there, and have been there. Your post could be one of those where you remove the "cigarette" piece and insert any other drug of choice, be it food or alcohol or even gaming (as that is one of the fastest growing addictions in the USA) and have it still ring true.

I think we all needed to read this and allow it to sink in for each of us, so again I say thank you. You DO have a lot of life force. :)

[loveandpower]

Gaming. Computers. Doesn't matter.
What matters is that we're all using SOMEthing to fill up what we used to call the "god-shaped hole" in our bellies. They even said that some people (gasp!) use work or . . . religion.