DENIAL is a real killer
That's no joke. Because . . .
Chemical dependency is an illness that tells the sufferer that nothing's wrong!
It's caused by internal conflict. A person may like abusing drugs because it makes them feel good. BUT he or she knows that it's hurting themselves and their families. He or she can't reconcile these conflicting realities. So they deny that they have a drug problem! (this is a subconcious thing).
The only way to beat this is to try to be HONEST WITH OURSELVES. Real deep down HONEST. Perhaps deeper inside than we've ever been before. It can be scarey - but it's good too. We can ask other people what our drug using has been like for them - and then LISTEN to what they say.
Then we can leave behind the excuses that we used to make. You may know a few
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That we're different from other people who abuse drugs or alcohol.
That we haven't really got a drug problem - we could stop if we wanted to.
That we only take drugs because . . . because . . . because . . .
As long as we kept making excuses, we could pretend that we were choosing to abuse drugs.
We need to stop making excuses and check out the reality of our drug or alcohol use.