Addictions and Logic

Are you frustrated with a loved ones addiction? Are you beside yourself because you cannot make them see the logic of treatment? Do you fear that your addicted loved one will never be on their feet financially or socially? Why can't they see the logic of being a responsible person in the community? Welcome to addiction.

These fears and thoughts can constantly run through the mind of the person who cares for an addicted child or loved one. You can confront the addiction as western medicine tells us to do. Their family and friends can be gathered and approach the person with all the times that they have worried or frightened them. All the times they have let them down. Soon everyone is in tears, everyone except the person with the problem. You may find that you are all staring at each other with a look of amazement, after all how could someone who creates so much trouble and drama in their life, and yours, seem so unresponsive?

Logic doesn't play a part in the mind of an addicted individual. Ridding themselves of pain, anxiety and running from themselves may be a better picture of what they see. After all, how could their life be harming you, don't you have a life of your own to worry about? You see, in the mind of an addict, you are wasting your time, there is nothing wrong. They are coming from a different perspective then you are, a place where logic does not exist. I'm not suggesting that they never feel bad about their behavior and reality hits pretty hard and fast when they are arrested for an incident involving their addiction. But they might tell you that they just slipped that one time, and got caught and life isn't fair.

Now it is time to turn your logic inward toward yourself. First and foremost, it is time you stopped feeling as if this is a personal vendetta against you. No one is doing anything to you. You are reacting to another persons behavior. The addicted person is just living their lives out as someone with an addiction. There's nothing you say or do that is causing the problem, and there is nothing you can say or do to 'fix' the person. You need to focus on yourself, and look within. Ask yourself what you are gaining by living in a pond of worry?

You are not a worthy adversary to addiction. Your friends are not the people you will get help from. Find an organization, such as Al-Anon, to get some support and advice so can start living your life again. You can control only one person in the world, and that person is you.

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