Comments on: Cracks in My Psyche http://sobering-thoughts.com/2009/09/13/cracks-in-my-psyche/ Addiction Help, Answers and Solutions Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:01:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Magnolia http://sobering-thoughts.com/2009/09/13/cracks-in-my-psyche/comment-page-1/#comment-38 Magnolia Sat, 03 Oct 2009 14:30:20 +0000 http://sobering-thoughts.com/?p=220#comment-38 Hey Sigal, Long time. I got your email this morning and didn't realize how long it had been since I left that comment. But, you've been busy it sounds. :) Hope the move(s) went well for you. Moving is not high on my list of favorite things to do. Yuck. Talk about stressors. Glad to see you back in the swing of things though. Take care, Magnolia Hey Sigal,

Long time. I got your email this morning and didn’t realize how long it had been since I left that comment. But, you’ve been busy it sounds. :)

Hope the move(s) went well for you. Moving is not high on my list of favorite things to do. Yuck. Talk about stressors.

Glad to see you back in the swing of things though.

Take care,
Magnolia

]]> By: Sigal Adini http://sobering-thoughts.com/2009/09/13/cracks-in-my-psyche/comment-page-1/#comment-37 Sigal Adini Sat, 03 Oct 2009 13:17:23 +0000 http://sobering-thoughts.com/?p=220#comment-37 Hello Magnolia, Your comment is totally valid. I agree that there are always cracks first. But new cracks are added and old cracks widened with drug and alcohol use. I guess the point is that drugs are not crack fillers even though they may seem like it in the short term. And yes, God and spirituality are the key to living and being happy. Psychiatry will have us believe that we are all animals, made of chemicals and that the chemicals determine who we are. That is so far from true it is actually criminal to "sell" that line to the public. We are spiritual beings and God is to each of us different but still there. This is why drugs will NEVER solve anything. They simply cannot. We, as spiritual beings, are the problem solvers. Thanks again for stopping by. Sigal Hello Magnolia,

Your comment is totally valid. I agree that there are always cracks first. But new cracks are added and old cracks widened with drug and alcohol use. I guess the point is that drugs are not crack fillers even though they may seem like it in the short term.

And yes, God and spirituality are the key to living and being happy. Psychiatry will have us believe that we are all animals, made of chemicals and that the chemicals determine who we are. That is so far from true it is actually criminal to “sell” that line to the public. We are spiritual beings and God is to each of us different but still there. This is why drugs will NEVER solve anything. They simply cannot. We, as spiritual beings, are the problem solvers.

Thanks again for stopping by.

Sigal

]]> By: Sigal Adini http://sobering-thoughts.com/2009/09/13/cracks-in-my-psyche/comment-page-1/#comment-36 Sigal Adini Sat, 03 Oct 2009 13:14:00 +0000 http://sobering-thoughts.com/?p=220#comment-36 Thank you Mary. Exactly; drugs create more and more damage and the original problem was never solved in the first place. Thank you for stopping by my blog. Thank you Mary. Exactly; drugs create more and more damage and the original problem was never solved in the first place. Thank you for stopping by my blog.

]]> By: Mary http://sobering-thoughts.com/2009/09/13/cracks-in-my-psyche/comment-page-1/#comment-34 Mary Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:15:39 +0000 http://sobering-thoughts.com/?p=220#comment-34 I think that life and experiences that we don't have the knowledge to deal with leaves us more and more disheartened as a being over time. The most important thing to realize is those experiences are not who we are. Nor is any non-optimum "solution" we come up with - like drugs - either illegal drugs or prescription drugs including psyche drugs. I just loved that movie and don't remember that quote - but it is really interesting. I don't believe that the effects of drugs and alcohol really are done just because we have "come down" from a high. It really makes sense that as the drugs truly alter our sanity and our abilities to really handle life that the damage to the psyche just increases over time, thus diminishing our abilities to handle life. Great post! I think that life and experiences that we don’t have the knowledge to deal with leaves us more and more disheartened as a being over time. The most important thing to realize is those experiences are not who we are. Nor is any non-optimum “solution” we come up with – like drugs – either illegal drugs or prescription drugs including psyche drugs.

I just loved that movie and don’t remember that quote – but it is really interesting. I don’t believe that the effects of drugs and alcohol really are done just because we have “come down” from a high. It really makes sense that as the drugs truly alter our sanity and our abilities to really handle life that the damage to the psyche just increases over time, thus diminishing our abilities to handle life.

Great post!

]]> By: Magnolia http://sobering-thoughts.com/2009/09/13/cracks-in-my-psyche/comment-page-1/#comment-33 Magnolia Sun, 20 Sep 2009 23:27:49 +0000 http://sobering-thoughts.com/?p=220#comment-33 Hello Sigal, Interesting. I guess I've always thought that the cracks in the psyche were there first. then the drugs and alcohol were an attempt to fill in the cracks rather than creating them. Addiction is a complex subject that is hard even for those of us who somewhat "get it" to understand. It takes a lot of courage and strength to examine our cracks and heal without denial in drug or alcohol consumption. I think God is the ultimate crack filler though and without him, most addicts are pretty much doomed to fall back into sooner or later. Hoping you are well. Hello Sigal,

Interesting. I guess I’ve always thought that the cracks in the psyche were there first. then the drugs and alcohol were an attempt to fill in the cracks rather than creating them.

Addiction is a complex subject that is hard even for those of us who somewhat “get it” to understand.

It takes a lot of courage and strength to examine our cracks and heal without denial in drug or alcohol consumption.

I think God is the ultimate crack filler though and without him, most addicts are pretty much doomed to fall back into sooner or later.

Hoping you are well.

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