I THOUGHT I was addicted to _____, but now I see what I was REALLY addicted to was___
 

I THOUGHT I was addicted to alcohol,
but now I can see what I was really addicted to, was giving up!
How About YOU?

I am still addicted to alcohol, but I am sick of doing the same dumb sh** over and over again.

I thought I was addicted to alcohol and/or drugs, but now I see what I was REALLY addicted to was killing my pain and fear.

I thought I was addicted to booze and pills, but what I am really addicted to is drama and being a martyr because it serves as such a plausible distraction from dealing with the parts of life that scare the crap out of me.

I thought I was addicted to alcohol....
but now I see that I was addicted to feeling I was in control...
which I fed by denying all the things that were happening in my life that I had absolutely no control over!
Alcohol was a big help with that.

Alcohol and alcohol.

Nothing complicated about my life threatening addiction.

Alcohol and Escaping

I thought I was addicted to alcohol. But I was really addicted to helplessness and addicted to caving into my fears.

Thought I was addicted to alcohol, but I was actually addicted to avoiding change.

I AM addicted to alcohol but I know that I am addicted to drowning my worries in a very unproductive way that will get me nowhere.

I thought I was addicted to drinking,
but now I see, that what I was really addicted to... was fantasizing.

I thought I was addicted to alcohol...
but now I see I was addicted to being immobilized by fear.

I thought I was addicted to alcohol but now I see what I was really addicted to, was maintaining the status quo.

I used alcohol as a temporary escape from a lot of inner pain and depression. Then the escape became a daily habit. Alcohol is a seductive mistress. I thank God everyday for giving me the strength to stop drinking.

I don't doubt I was addicted to alcohol and drugs...
but it was my addiction to despair that kept me enslaved to substances.

Many are addicted to the comfort that a swig brings. Realizing that self medicating no longer serves you is a big step too. I like the addicted to "giving up" part.

"It's easy to quit smoking. I've done it hundreds of times."

- Mark Twain

I was thinking about this statement.

I really was addicted to alcohol and/or drugs. It is the removal of them from my body that allows me to admit and learn tools to deal with the underlying issues of my addiction so that I do not return to it.

I thought I was addicted to alcohol
But now I see what I was really addicted to
Was caving into my insecurity.

I thought I wasnt addicted to alcohol but it turned out I am.

I thought I was addicted to alcohol.but now I see I was addicted to resisting change.

Thought I was addicted to alcohol but was really addicted to...
not making decisions.....
...to ambivalence...
...to a fear of commitment.

I thought I was addicted to alcohol,
but what I was really addicting to was escaping the things I cannot control.

I thought I was addicted to alcohol, but now I see what I was REALLY addicted to was inflicting pain and dwelling in regret over past issues that would have actually been easily solvable and not even real problems in the end, but I stuck to the regret and kept inflicting pain to myself due to anger and a forceful need to prove the twisted point is final.

I thought I was addicted to alcohol but what I was really addicted to was guilt, lies and misery.

Gxx

I thought I was addicted to alcohol
but I was also really addicted to making excuses, not trying, and settling.

I thought I was addicted to alcohol
But now I see I was also addicted to avoiding any discomfort.

I thought I was addicted to alcohol
but now I see underneath that
I am really addicted to giving up without even trying.

what you said exactly ty EQ!

I thought I was addicted to alcohol......
but what I was really addicted to was:
Hiding from the responsibility of creating a happy life for myself.
I was addicted to the idea that I did not deserve a happy life
and had accepted I would not be having one. And stopped trying.

I thought I was addicted to alcohol but... yeah I'm addicted to alcohol, and inebriation, any altered state of reality really. I'm addicted to anything but the truth. I'm addicted to an image. I'm addicted to maintaining that image. I'm addicted to not trying too hard. I'm addicted to feeding my ego.