hold it there, podner - what makes you think it's temporary?

Down to the beach the tide comes in and washes away my sand castle, then the tide goes down, then it comes back. It is permanently transient.

I think anxiety is part of the life of modern person, and is always lurking there like a virus. Sometimes we are vulnerable and it washes over us. Other times we resist it.

The question for me, I'm suggesting, is why does the anxiety overwhelm me now when it didn't before?

I'm just makiing it up, so I'd like to know if i'm making any sense.

I think the substance abuser who is sober may have a constant ping in the head-the call of chemicals. What varies is how they handle it. Most particularly, can you catch yourself slipping before the problem starts to have legs of its own. The difference between falling down and sliding off the cliff. Does it help at all to resist?Doesthat make sense? If so, tell me how to use it for myself...