Author: DurhamDoc
Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2011 7:41 pm
I see that a lot of people have said some variation of this, but I feel it is worth repeating. One of the primary components of addiction is the nearly psychotic thinking that goes along with it. In fact, I think it is THE primary component. Regardless of the substance or behavior, once someone crosses into active addiction, they begin to think only in terms of satisfying the thing that their brain tells them they need to survive. It is because of this that people end-up divorced, in jail, beat-up, and dead. Bup, when used correctly allows a return to a non-addicted mind. Imagine if chemically it wasn’t an opiate, would we still care about clean or dirty? I think that if someone is able to reengage with their humanity and their life in an authentic way, which is not possible during active addiction, that person is clean.
