Originally Posted by Dee74

Change is possible tho.

I chased a buzz for nigh on 30 years man and boy - I wanted to escape my surrounds, my life, myself...

But I got clean and sober and...I changed. I worked hard on my life and myself and pretty soon I didn't want to escape anymore.

I feel natural authentic joy now, not a buzz - and it's a joy that comes from, not escaping but rather from being a part of something - whether it's a couple or a family or a social group or just, some days being alive and being a member of the human race.

I would have never thought I could speak in such non cynical terms...but like I say...change really is possible.

I got sober because I was tired of my old life and old thoughts and old patterns of behaviour...

If you're tired of it too, you really can do something about it

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