Emotional Addictions
At the end of the meeting I got in line to thank the
speaker. She told me she’d gotten sober
at Greenbriar. She had been furious with herself and the world when she had landed
in rehab.
“You warned me that rage could become an addiction,” she
said, looking away. “It’s mood altering, energizing, and takes the place of
depression.”
“People get out of your way, or give you what you want to
avoid dealing with you,” I added. “You pay the price when people start to avoid
you.”
“I discovered there were other addictive emotions,” she
said. “After I left rehab, I started having success, but I could only enjoy it
for a short time before I had to have more.”
“What happened?”
“I crashed. Lost a business and a husband. Add self-pity to the list of addictive
emotions. Finally I learned to slow down and enjoy the positive, not wallow in
the negative.”
Slow down to enjoy the positive don’t wallow in the
negative. Good advice, I thought.
Today I’ll beware of emotional addictions, slowing down to enjoy
the positive, not wallowing in the negative.
Other works by Ken Montrose are available at:
• www.greenbriartraining.com
• https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B001K8MG0S
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