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<blockquote data-quote="Nomad" data-source="post: 766051" data-attributes="member: 4152">Something I heard on addiction that touch my heart.I listened to something by R Kennedy. It was a you tube video. It did have a tiny bit of political stuff at the end. But this is not political.&nbsp;I listened because he spoke about his previous addiction to Heroin. Goodness. How does one overcome such a horrible addiction? He spoke a lot about self will. And giving that up to essentially a Higher Power. Not giving in to our desires moment by moment. But instead, to the greater good. And to practice extreme personal accountability. Surrendering (instead)&nbsp; each moment to that….a higher power and accountability.He spoke, for example, about how if you drop something on the floor…one might think that it’s someone else’s job to pick it up. But in order to overcome his addiction…he had to put behind his self will. And to do what is right and be accountable. “I dropped it, I pick it up.”&nbsp; It was through much self reflection, reading and prayer he got the answer that worked for him. I don’t know if this is what works for all addicts. I just found it interesting, touching and powerful.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Nomad, post: 766051, member: 4152"] Something I heard on addiction that touch my heart. I listened to something by R Kennedy. It was a you tube video. It did have a tiny bit of political stuff at the end. But this is not political. I listened because he spoke about his previous addiction to Heroin. Goodness. How does one overcome such a horrible addiction? He spoke a lot about self will. And giving that up to essentially a Higher Power. Not giving in to our desires moment by moment. But instead, to the greater good. And to practice extreme personal accountability. Surrendering (instead) each moment to that….a higher power and accountability. He spoke, for example, about how if you drop something on the floor…one might think that it’s someone else’s job to pick it up. But in order to overcome his addiction…he had to put behind his self will. And to do what is right and be accountable. “I dropped it, I pick it up.” It was through much self reflection, reading and prayer he got the answer that worked for him. I don’t know if this is what works for all addicts. I just found it interesting, touching and powerful. [/QUOTE]

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