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Originally Posted by madisgram
From my personal experience, regardless of drug of choice, one will not be successful ceasing their addiction until the consequences AND personal pain became completely unbearable. Even those factors statistically don't assure any wealth of success. I did not realize this until I stood at the crossroad. I'm glad I chose the "road less traveled." But it was by no means a virtuous choice.
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For me I had to stop and face what I was unsuccessfully trying to escape - trauma, shame, guilt, pain, anger etc.
Basically, my childhood and beyond was what I wanted to blot out. It took 30 years of being blitzed to realize I couldn't do enough drugs to drown out the past.
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