There is a theory that for one to be truly open for recovery from an addiction, one needs to hit rock bottom first. There has also been a concerted effort made into raising the awareness of the trajectory of addiction. Addiction is a progressive disease which means that it gets worst over time never better. We have also seen over many decades that it manifests in the same way over different culture and socio-economic conditions etc. It is said that addiction leads to jails, institutions and ultimately death, if not arrested. Much emphases is put on identifying with others in recovery, rather than comparing. If you have never experienced what they have, chances are that you will experience it, in due time, if you remain in active addiction. So for example, if you have not been arrested for driving under the influence, haven’t lost your job or your family. These things haven’t happened to you Y.E.T.
The acronym for YET is “You Elligiable Too”
I have heard many testimonies of addicts who have continued despite this warning and returned saying “I should have listened. What they told me would happen, has now happened to me too”
If you have the disease of addiction and have not lost everything yet, take heed of the progressive nature of the disease. Take the rock bottom of others who have lost everything and raise their bottom to where you are. Chances are that they were in your position too, however, continued in active addiction. Raising their bottom to where you are is the wise thing to do, unfortunately, due to the nature of the disease, many believe that their case is different and what happened to others will not happen to them. Ironically the others who have lost everything due to active addiction thought the very same thing when they were in that position. Their attempts to change and alter the progressive nature of the disease were futile. Understand the disease of addiction and learn from those who know, instead of learning from your own experience.
SHARING IS CARING
