Overcoming Addictions

That’s why you are giving yourself plenty of time to quit so that you can figure out what your triggers are long before the time comes when you actually are going to have to start overcoming them to beat your addiction.

if your birthday is coming up next month, that would be a perfect time to quit. Picking an arbitrary time to quit doesn’t signify that you’re actually committed. If you choose the day that means something, it is going to be harder to justify starting again with the idea of setting a new date in the future.

Your next task is going to be to sit down and identify your triggers. You need to know what situations, people or things are going to make you want to use your particular substance of choice again

is very easy to say to yourself that you will make a commitment to quit if what you are really saying is that you will give it another try, even though you don’t expect it to work

rock-bottom point

two panes of glass

When someone feels guilty about their behavior, and about the fact that they are using once again, the solution to coping with that guilt seems to be to continue using, which puts them right back into that addictive cycle from which it is so difficult to escape

an addict will use their addictive substance both to cope with tragedy and to celebrate happy circumstances.

getting sick and tired of being sick and tired

hitting the bottom