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Old 08-26-2006, 04:56 AM
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aloneagainor
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Originally Posted by c'est la vie
Do you believe once an addict always an addict? We just need to replace the bad addiction with a good addiction. Or can we somehow change that whole chemical/behavioral reaction that stirs up that powerful NEED of something? I suppose after another thousand pages I'll figure that out too. In the mean time, I'm addicted to typing here at SR.
Can't change the person. Can change the self-awareness. Adjusting your behaviors/ thoughts/ actions/ reactions that make up who you are to work for you instead of against you. Distinguish "needs" from "wants". Desires, attachments, and perceived needs burden us. We don't have to maintain them. They can be dropped, and we can be free of them.

Your mention of "another thousand pages" calls to mind a song verse, that is about getting to know another person, but I think it also applies to recovery:

"If you want me you know where I am
Found in a thousand questions
But, part of the deal,
Is, for you to feel...something..."
--Belle and Sebastian
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