Originally Posted by zerothehero

Mindfulness and science, on the other hand, encourage me to recognize that I was genetically predisposed to run into problems with substance abuse, and the traumas I've endured only exacerbated matters (nature and nurture). I didn't need to turn over my will to Anything; I needed to learn to FEEL and to ACCEPT my experience, past, present, and future, in a way that allows me to embrace it rather than numb myself or try to hide under a rock. That, to me, is what recovery is about.