Awareness Leads to Recovery
“No amount of self-improvement can make up for any lack of self-acceptance.” Robert Holden, Be Happy In his book, The Addictive Personality , Craig Nakken says “addiction on its most basic level, is an attempt to control and fulfill the desire for happiness.” And indeed, every addict wants to end their great unhappiness. Problem is that few addicts are aware of their true source of unhappiness. We mistakenly think our misery is about many things, such as our inability to find Mr. or Ms. Right, or our inability to make things right between family members, or our inability to find that “right” job or “right” place to live. In truth, once we enter recovery, we are made aware that the source of our great unhappiness is US! Every addicts suffers from tremendous self-loathing. Many of us have long hated ourselves and we’ve taken every possible opportunity to demean ourselves. Our negative self-talk has weighed o...