Originally Posted by
BrendaChenowyth 
A big part of our addiction problem is the belief that every time we have an unpleasant feeling we can do something to make it go away.
Well put.
We are so used to self-medicating that we feel we should not feel bad. But it's ok to feel bad.
My Eurika moment came when I finally realised I don't need to worry so much about feeling bad.