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Dan · 07-24-2005, 06:15 AM

"One of the terrible metaphors of post-modern society is the drug. The addiction to drugs is arguably one of the greatest problems facing Western society. When drugs hook you, they make your longing captive. The depth and complexity of your life telescopes into one absolute need. Regardless of the presence of others who love you, the gifts that you have, the life that you could have, your life now has only one need, the drug. The longing of the addict is a craving for which he will sacrifice all other belonging. It is astounding how the inner world of the human heart has a capacity for such absolute single-mindedness. Addiction is longing that is utterly obsessed. There is no distance any more between the longing and the drug. The longing determines the life.

The drug has the power of a sinister God; it awakens absolute passion and demands absolute obedience."

From the book Eternal Echoes, by John O'Donohue.

2dayzmuse · 07-25-2005, 12:05 PM

I can relate. My drug of choice was cheap nasty wine that tasted like @!&^.
I drank it regardless of of whether or not it tasted good. I'd go to any lengths to chase that nasty twist top bottle. Insanity.

CAPTAINZING2000 · 07-25-2005, 12:11 PM

Words that ring so true.

My DOC

was what ever was put in front of me

hopealwayz · 07-25-2005, 12:58 PM

That is very, very true.

mishelly · 07-25-2005, 01:47 PM

So true...my doc was always more. More pot, more meth, more coke, more alcohol, more sex....whatever you had just give me more.

Don W · 07-25-2005, 05:15 PM

So true, 2day. I can remember many times drinking that bear that tasted bittler with every sip. At one point switching to what I used to call ,oil can beer, some of the dark ones. I thought if it tasted bad I wouldn't drink as much. Sort of like tasting milk that has gone sour. Then proceeding to drink the whole carton to be sure, after being sick as a dog, stating that I gueess it had gone bad. The thought of drinking something that tasted so bad and made me so sick, only confirms the fact I must be an addict to have endured that for years. Don W

07-24-2005, 06:15 AM	#1 (permalink)
Dan Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 8,710	Regardless... "One of the terrible metaphors of post-modern society is the drug. The addiction to drugs is arguably one of the greatest problems facing Western society. When drugs hook you, they make your longing captive. The depth and complexity of your life telescopes into one absolute need. Regardless of the presence of others who love you, the gifts that you have, the life that you could have, your life now has only one need, the drug. The longing of the addict is a craving for which he will sacrifice all other belonging. It is astounding how the inner world of the human heart has a capacity for such absolute single-mindedness. Addiction is longing that is utterly obsessed. There is no distance any more between the longing and the drug. The longing determines the life. The drug has the power of a sinister God; it awakens absolute passion and demands absolute obedience." From the book Eternal Echoes, by John O'Donohue.

07-25-2005, 12:11 PM	#3 (permalink)
CAPTAINZING2000 Psalm 118:24 Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: ILLINOIS Posts: 9,446 Blog Entries: 1	Words that ring so true. My DOC was what ever was put in front of me __________________ LIFE IS GOD'S GIFT TO YOU WHAT YOU DO WITH YOUR LIFE IS YOUR GIFT TO GOD J - Jesus first O - Others next Y - Yourself last John 14:6

07-25-2005, 01:47 PM	#5 (permalink)
mishelly It Is What It Is Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Peculiar, MO Posts: 292	So true...my doc was always more. More pot, more meth, more coke, more alcohol, more sex....whatever you had just give me more. __________________ Mishelly â€œUnless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not.â€ - Dr. Seuss

07-25-2005, 05:15 PM	#6 (permalink)
Don W Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Charleston S.C. Posts: 1,463	So true, 2day. I can remember many times drinking that bear that tasted bittler with every sip. At one point switching to what I used to call ,oil can beer, some of the dark ones. I thought if it tasted bad I wouldn't drink as much. Sort of like tasting milk that has gone sour. Then proceeding to drink the whole carton to be sure, after being sick as a dog, stating that I gueess it had gone bad. The thought of drinking something that tasted so bad and made me so sick, only confirms the fact I must be an addict to have endured that for years. Don W __________________ Captain America - On the side of good

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07-25-2005, 12:05 PM	#2 (permalink)
2dayzmuse Paused Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Washington Posts: 5,094	I can relate. My drug of choice was cheap nasty wine that tasted like @!&^. I drank it regardless of of whether or not it tasted good. I'd go to any lengths to chase that nasty twist top bottle. Insanity.

07-25-2005, 12:58 PM	#4 (permalink)
hopealwayz Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: somewhere Posts: 3,509	That is very, very true.

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