Rainy Day Addiction Thoughts

     Addictive behavior starts as symptom treating. I'll say it again because this is the thing that everyone involved in a struggle where it be with food, porn, drugs or any number of other addictions needs to realize. Addictive behavior starts as symptom treating also called self medicating. It doesn't stay that way. as the addiction gets stronger the initial cause seams to fade away and many times that is just what the person wants.
            Let's say your father was verbally abusive to you as a child and because of this you feel bad. You may start an addictive behavior that makes you feel good. So we have cause (father problem) symptom (feel bad) and a choice. Do I treat the cause and deal with the problem with father or do I go for the quick fix and treat the symptom. Addictive behavior treats the symptom while you are doing the addictive behavior. The problem is that when you're not doing the addictive behavior the cause (father problem) is still there along with new problems that come with the addiction. Go to the cause and the symptoms will be unnecessary. The substance is used as a coping mechanism for your past abuse, trauma or unmet expectations. Got to the cause to remove the addiction.

* It's a rainy morning here in California and that doesn't happen very often. The rain is so refreshing. As I read the section above I think about addiction, how far I have come but also that addiction is tied to some type of dis function or destructiveness. Someone could make a good case for me know being addicted to health but that isn't destructive so It's no problem. Anything can become destructive but it also very much depends on what the person themselves what. I am not interested in what society thinks is healthy as culture is very rarely concerned with operating from a place of reason & intelligence verses social and emotional values. Quantity verses quality. The more amazing you become the less you will connect with those that are not acting in an amazing way. Can't have both. Do what you want, be who you want.