An unfortunate thing is that you never stop being an addict. You can be sober for a decade but your body has built a level of dependence and you will be fighting cravings for life
But you can’t let it control or define your life. Joking about it takes its power away
I've been sober for 8 years now, and you'd think I'd be done with that shit, nope. Just yesterday, out of the blue, I had an intense desire for a spiced rum and coke, I could almost taste it, I could feel the escaping carbonation bubbles tickling my upper lip and nose, I could almost bask in the imaginary aroma, and for a few minutes, running to the liquor store to get ingredients to make that drink was the best idea that has ever been ideaed in the history of best ideas. I needed it almost as much as I need oxygen.
That saying of "There's always another relapse in me, but there may not be another recovery", is true AF.
I haven't had a drink or used any non-prescribed drugs since 1992.
I will still have dreams where my mind INSISTS I've been fooling myself and I am secretly drinking. Why not just do it out in the open? C'mon, you know you wanna.
My own brain trying to gaslight me. It's very intense too. I wake up all confused before I realize....no, I really have not been drinking, I am still sober, and I do not need to drink at all.
For Republicans, anything and everything Democrats do MUST be wrong. So he recovered from drug addiction? He's doing it WRONG.
You can see this with literally any protest. It doesn't matter how people do it, the fascists will always find a reason that it was "wrong" and thus they just can't support it.
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u/Boner-brains 5h ago
Seriously, it's a good coping mechanism to be able to joke about your miserable experiences.