Great essay on numerous counts. My strategy for evading addiction was relatively simple. When I fell into the security gig initially it became apparent to me rather quickly that there was a lot of money to be made doing security for people who had addictions that affected their behavior, and I couldn’t take advantage of that if I had the same addictions. That’s why I managed to do it for 25 years.
My New Year’s Eve has been great so far. We played our dinner engagement at a local Senior Center and now my wife and I are settling in for a blockbuster movie night. The Meg and Meg2 are on tap in all their 4k glory on our home entertainment system.
I love the whole eggnog thing. They drive us around like livestock, and most people flow right into the chutes. *sigh*
Addictions are funny things. Some people seem impervious to addiction, at least traditionally thought of, and others . . . I have a friend who was an alcoholic and still does smoke, but the list of things I watched her get "addicted" to is hilarious: peanut butter and chocolate ice cream, black bean chips, M&Ms, puzzle books (that last one is ongoing). She finds something and can't get enough. Her whole family has addiction problems. But you are right that at the least, if one has addiction issues, they can acknowledge that and manage it.
As for your discussion about taking responsibility for one's choices, OMG, I want to make that mandatory reading.
Happy New Year. I loved the Meg. The other half and I tried to watch the Meg 2, and we did make it through, but we were doing something else while it was on and it was such a disjointed mess, IMH(umble)O, we still don't really know what it was about. So you'll have to let me know if I should try it again, this time with my attention fully engaged.
That was another great essay and I expect nothing less than perfection from you (at least until the nukes start hitting). I feel compelled, however to add my two cents to the conversation.. First of all, almost no one is aware that "Bill W", the author of the famous AA Big Book, went to Canada and was saved from his alcohol addiction by a psychiatrist who used LSD in the cure.
Secondly, I can remember all the blah blah blah about "addictive personalities" that was being pumped out by the propaganda departments a few years ago. I was nearly convinced that I had one. But. After 13 years on narcotics for chronic pain, after six back surgeries and two fusions, I got tired of Opana and Dilaudid and simply decided to quit. It took 30 days and was much easier than quitting cigarettes.
Great essay on numerous counts. My strategy for evading addiction was relatively simple. When I fell into the security gig initially it became apparent to me rather quickly that there was a lot of money to be made doing security for people who had addictions that affected their behavior, and I couldn’t take advantage of that if I had the same addictions. That’s why I managed to do it for 25 years.
My New Year’s Eve has been great so far. We played our dinner engagement at a local Senior Center and now my wife and I are settling in for a blockbuster movie night. The Meg and Meg2 are on tap in all their 4k glory on our home entertainment system.
Happy New Year.
I love the whole eggnog thing. They drive us around like livestock, and most people flow right into the chutes. *sigh*
Addictions are funny things. Some people seem impervious to addiction, at least traditionally thought of, and others . . . I have a friend who was an alcoholic and still does smoke, but the list of things I watched her get "addicted" to is hilarious: peanut butter and chocolate ice cream, black bean chips, M&Ms, puzzle books (that last one is ongoing). She finds something and can't get enough. Her whole family has addiction problems. But you are right that at the least, if one has addiction issues, they can acknowledge that and manage it.
As for your discussion about taking responsibility for one's choices, OMG, I want to make that mandatory reading.
Happy New Year. I loved the Meg. The other half and I tried to watch the Meg 2, and we did make it through, but we were doing something else while it was on and it was such a disjointed mess, IMH(umble)O, we still don't really know what it was about. So you'll have to let me know if I should try it again, this time with my attention fully engaged.
That was another great essay and I expect nothing less than perfection from you (at least until the nukes start hitting). I feel compelled, however to add my two cents to the conversation.. First of all, almost no one is aware that "Bill W", the author of the famous AA Big Book, went to Canada and was saved from his alcohol addiction by a psychiatrist who used LSD in the cure.
Secondly, I can remember all the blah blah blah about "addictive personalities" that was being pumped out by the propaganda departments a few years ago. I was nearly convinced that I had one. But. After 13 years on narcotics for chronic pain, after six back surgeries and two fusions, I got tired of Opana and Dilaudid and simply decided to quit. It took 30 days and was much easier than quitting cigarettes.
PEACE