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Post by ethanm on Dec 14, 2007 15:12:46 GMT -5
Habits = Tying your shoes in the morning, picking your nose at stoplights, brushing your teeth at bedtime. These work chemically in your head and the old Pavlovian trick your brain uses (release good-feeling drug upon completion of task)
Addictions take place when we use unnatural drugs (nicoteine, heroin, alcohol) and in this odd word of PA, naturally occuring drugs delivered from arousal and orgasm, to reward good behavior and drive out bad feelings without having to cope with the cause of those feelings.
In the past, I called it a habit too. Sugarcoating, and CV merely, in his forever appreciated uber-blunt and curt ways, pointed out the same. Theres a scietific difference, and somethign as severe as an addiction should not be taken so lightly as calling it a habit. Thats calling a Mad ocelot a "sweet kitty", or the Titanic wreck a "little boating accident".
Minimizing a problem is a common element of addictive behavior, something all admitted PA's have done. I dare you to find an addict who hasn't minimized, rationalized, and defended their addiction at some point.
Pointing that out we feel helps YOU break down your problem to a more fundamental level, I hate to say it, but the best thing you can do to shake an addict into recovery is to get them to rock-bottom as quickly and painlessly as possible. Turn that light on over your head, don't you see where your "habits" are taking you?
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Post by ethanm on Dec 14, 2007 15:16:12 GMT -5
I hate to lash out at people, but damn, I wish I could lump up all the pain this addiction has given me, inject it to aspiring and practicing PA's, demonstrate the "road to pain and nowhere" and help others avoid my missteps. I don't know if I'll ever feel I have conquered anything. I just hope today I don't use P or MB. When I'm pushing daisies, I'll be done fighting.
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Post by manic on Dec 14, 2007 15:18:29 GMT -5
Anatomy of a P binge? I thought only field biologists took it upon themselves to dissect excrements for study purposes ... ;D
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Post by Curious Voyager on Dec 14, 2007 16:52:56 GMT -5
I hate to lash out at people, but damn, I wish I could lump up all the pain this addiction has given me, inject it to aspiring and practicing PA's, demonstrate the "road to pain and nowhere" and help others avoid my missteps. I don't know if I'll ever feel I have conquered anything. I just hope today I don't use P or MB. When I'm pushing daisies, I'll be done fighting. And I wish I could bottle up the freedom and peace I have been feeling and pass out a sip to everybody.
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