March 21, 2006

This week the addict is unsettled. Life is presenting mixed signals and the addict is ill-equipped to deal with such ambiguity.

The addict is celebrating a small (but significant for this addict) stretch of sobriety. The addict has been sober since March 1st.

But at the same time the addict feels lost in detachment. The addict has become estranged from those he loves most. Is this the cost of sobriety?

Addiction is used to heal pain and to cope with stress. Detachment is used to heal pain and cope with stress. There must be another choice; there must be another way. But can the addict find it?

For now, the addict chooses sobriety, even if detachment is the cost.