Great thread madisgram.

The list of 10 has a lot of good reasons to to quit active drug/alcohol addiction. I constantly find new realizations of how jacked up my past addictive life was as numerous new benefits of living drug free come up in life. One that sticks out is the greater emotional stability I have with a drug free life. With harmful substance addiction my mood would be all over the place. Often changing radically several times a day. It would only take a small disturbance in my day to set me off. Causing me to pout or moan all day about it, basically staying stuck in the problem.

With abstinence and a plan for better living, my daily mood is very level. When a problem comes up or something disturbing happens, I can manage to calm myself rather quickly. Then I can look for a solution. Maybe there is something I need to change, like my attitude or I might need to be accepting of the situation. Whatever it is that I need to do or not, having a steady mood is of the utmost good. Daily addiction treatment gives me the necessary abstinence to construct a way of living that brings emotional balance with progress into my life.

Today I'm in all most daily contact with a variety of people that have a mental illness, an addiction or both. I share what I have learned and practice as a treatment(s) for better living. There many paths to well being. I may not follow your path but I'm going in your direction. As I encourage others to find a path that meets their particular needs. Because no one needs to suffer alone when there are many others like myself that is willing to lend a hand.

Blessed be to all that seek a better way of being .