Great post, lush!
Eddie - I remember when I was a couple months sober telling Topspin that I just wanted a "break from sobriety!" I was tired of having to do life PLUS staying sober and just wanted a vacation from it all. Of course, wanting that mental escape was what helped me get addicted in the first place.
When things seem really, really tough, I often remember this quote (from the Road Less Traveled, by M. Scott Peck):
"Life is difficult. This is a great truth, one of the greatest truths. It is a great truth because once we truly see this, we transcend it. Once we truly know that life is diffcult - once we truly understand and accept it - then life is no longer difficult. Because once it is accepted, the fact that life is diffcult no longer matters."
Keep hanging in there - 75 days is awesome!
