Originally Posted by
Weasel1966 
I am master of my domain... is that the same?
Only in a narrowly defined way, but everyone's gotta start somewhere, lol...
Originally Posted by
freshstart57 Attempting to convey the nut of this to others new to sobriety is part of the heavy lifting that goes on in the other forums, let me tell you.
Yeah, when I first arrived, I was definitely not ready to be told "Hey, just change your perception and you'll change your reality." My experience with addiction up until then had led me to conclude it was an extraordinarily powerful force. What helped a lot—I can't remember who said it to me first—was when someone observed that cravings are just feelings, they can't hurt us physically if we don't act on them, and they invariably pass. That was the moment I began to realize that addiction might be like the Great and Powerful Oz... just a little man pulling levers behind a curtain.