SIB101854 wrote:
This post was extraordinary in the brutal honesty and introspection that we all need in successfully confronting our addictions.
First of all, most of us here are not addicts. Many here just have a bad habit associated with the yetzer hora, not an addiction. Using the word to refer to any all all desires that are sinful waters down recovery, too. So I am not sure what you mean. But yes - surely there is no hope if we are not fully honest with ourselves...and that
never happens until we start opening up to
another real person. So at least I hope I am starting the ball rolling for myself, this guy, and others who may read the discussion one day...
Second, I hope nothing I wrote was truly brutal. Just honest. It is exactly what I say to myself and go through in my own experience on a regular basis, as opposed to some ideas I may think are nice.
And finally, thanks for the positive feedback, chaver! To me, you are an esteemed fellow traveler - and this life is quite a strange and interesting adventure, isn't it?