Vices

This is a Public Service Announcement. Using dependencies to deal with your problems cripples you. When you drink to “relax”, or “escape”, or “cope” with daily trials and tribulations you have developed what is labeled as an addiction. Stressful events happen al the time. They NEVER end. We were mentally made to deal with these problems without assistance, with willpower, determination and patience. Although some people feel that they do not possess enough of these attributes to successfully handle problems of that nature. How do you get stronger physically? We exercise. To become more athletic, more toned, stronger, faster, we exercise. Strength mentally is attained the same way. Exercise these qualities so that it becomes more familiar to you. I have never smoked, never drinked, and never did drugs, ever. That mean I didn’t have my own addictions but it wasn’t those. Every problem I was faced with I dealt with it accordingly and did it sober. Denying yourself of a sober mind state means that you don’t feel comfortable being yourself. If you can’t have fun at a party, a club, an event, a show, without being tipsy, drunk, or high that means that you –personally- have a problem with who you are sober.

Problems come and go, drinking, smoking, using drugs, or even using sex to escape from these tribulations are crutches that will never allow you to deal problems on your own. It only escalates from there. Eventually the alcohol you usually drink isn’t quite enough, one blunt doesn’t do it, coke doesn’t have the same effect, etc. So then you need more, or you need something new to get you to that point. Dependencies actually make you dependent -duh, right? But it’s true, and sometimes it takes another person to say the most obvious things for us to realize it. How con you ever walk if you always use crutches? How can you ever become stronger if you never exercise? How do you learn to face fear if someone else always does it for you? We are taught to be adults, to let go of the guard rails that guide us and follow our own path. As adults you are expected to be maturely be equipped to handle stress, heartbreak, loss, anger, disappointment, and depression without running to… depressants.

Cope with life’s troubles. Know that they don’t last forever even though they last for a while. Don’t run, running only exercises your ability to keep running. Flex your attributes of problem solving and be strong in your ability to soberly deal with problems. No dilemma has have disappeared by using dependencies. Nothing just goes away if you avoid it. Face confrontation head on, and come out strong.