We had the double whammy of Native American blood on one side. Then a deep entrenchment of alcoholism on another… such a cultural thing being immigrants/Catholic/not speaking English… people just didn’t have help available when my grandparents and mom were growing up. I’m the first person in my family to ever get sober. (My mom didn’t drink, just was highly codependent).

It’s both conscious and unconscious though. Most people aren’t as self-aware as they think. Just sleep walking through life, avoiding pain.

Let’s do it!

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I think most professionals in the field and credible science today supports the disease concept. the role of family DNA is a genetic disease factor

Just a question seeesh 😆

God damnit puzzles. Trying to poach everyone you meet? 😂😂😂

Just a question seeesh 😆

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So cool! Did you buy a van conversion kit or did you make it all custom?

I be zapping devs like a bee on meth. Friend zaps are fun tho

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I wonder how many of us there are 🧐 so far 5?

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When LA nostr meetup?

Most “sober” people still drink and have dysfunctional lives.

I find when most people believe, as you do, that it’s not a miracle to be alive and sober, it’s usually because an addict in their life hurt them deeply, as you eluded to.

You need as a much healing as any addict does, which is the miracle you would, of course, be entitled to have.

We each get our own. Staying alive and breathing gives us another day to get it.

I also often disagree with the disease model, methods of clinical diagnosis, and treatment.

The fundamental cause of addiction by my observation is avoidance of pain. (I worked in the addiction field for 4.5 years).

But the chemical aspect of addiction does take over at some point—making us chemically addicted to a substance, chemically changing our brains, and creating the suffering that boomerangs into the social problems that affect us all.

It’s a complicated issue with no easy treatment.

I’m sorry about what happened to your family and I’m sorry for your pain. I wish you healing.

And while I don’t need a cookie for staying sober, many do. The shit is hard. Life is hard. Sobriety is hard for someone who got to live a numb and painless life on the ultimate high for so long.

I would love to show you the families restored, the kids who love their sober parent, and the massive joy created in the world by addicts who have stayed sober for many years.

But I get it. I helped raise a kid who lost her parents to addiction. I’ve buried many more. I shake my fist at God, I shake my head and ask WHY DIDN’T MY LOVED ONE MAKE IT???

not everyone makes it, which is why those of us who do truly are miracles.