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03/20/2022

One cannot be mindful and addicted at the same time. The more mindful you become, the less addicted you are. The more addicted you become, the less mindful you are. They are opposites and one diminishes the other.

To be addicted is to be on autopilot with unconsciousness. You are asleep, unintentional, and identified with the cravings. You are the addiction.

To be mindful is to break autopilot behavior with consciousness. You are awake, intentional, and disidentified from the cravings. You observe them. But you are not them. You are not the addiction.

We cultivate mindfulness to cure the mindlessness of addiction. When we shine the light of consciousness on the darkness of unconsciousness, we begin to heal.

03/17/2022

The cultivation of mindfulness is one of the most powerful skills we can develop to help us achieve and maintain sobriety.

The essence of mindfulness is the disidentification from the thoughts and feelings we experience. This simple act of separation gives us time, and time gives us choices. Ultimately, when we experience a trigger or craving, the use of mindfulness allows us to intelligently respond instead of impulsively react, which results in the prevention of relapse.

03/15/2022

Everyone who has been addicted before has believed in the illusion that happiness is found outside the self. At some point, after enough suffering has been endured, this belief is exposed as falsehood and one begins the process of spiritual awakening to align with the Truth that happiness comes from within. There is no path to happiness. Happiness is the path. Addiction is a path of spiritual awakening as we let go of the external substances and activities that we falsely believed would bring us the peaceful and joyous life that we’re ultimately seeking.

03/11/2022

We have set another record number of drug overdose deaths in the United States. It is beyond upsetting to see as these deaths are preventable. We know that it's been a very hard couple of years, but please, we need everyone to come together now more than ever to play their part in stopping this national, American born crisis. Continue to spread awareness, continue to destigmatize addiction, continue to provide support, and continue to be kind to one another. Be brave and become vulnerable with your closest friends and loved ones so that they can find the courage to open up and do the same with you. Share your flaws, share your fears, share your dependencies and addictions - only then can we begin the journey to help one another and ourselves.

03/11/2022

“Craving Surfing” is a mindfulness-based technique used to resist giving into the temptation of a craving. When you craving surf try to imagine the craving as a wave that you are surfing on and riding safely to shore. Like all waves, the craving wave starts slow, increases its swell, hits peak intensity and then starts to swell down until there no longer is any wave. It dissolves back into the sea and homeostasis is restored once more. Your job, as the surfer, is to not let the wave wipe you out.

The essence of this method is to distance yourself from the thoughts and feelings that are experienced during an intense craving. Doing so yields some powerful insights. You are not your thoughts. You are not your feelings. You are not your cravings. You are not your addiction. Your True Self is consciousness itself. Your True Self is what observes these things. Your True Self is the nonattached watcher.

It can also be helpful to imagine the thoughts and feelings you experience during a craving as dark thunderstorm clouds that block out the sun, which is your True Self. Just because there are clouds does not mean the Sun isn’t there, its brilliance is just being blocked. When the clouds pass, as they always do, the Sun will shine forth once more. So try your best to be patient, and trust the process of mindful observation in craving surfing to help you prevent relapse.

03/08/2022

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03/07/2022

To believe our addiction is only to a specific substance or activity is a foolish belief, and such a belief will confuse us as we eliminate the single addiction but our suffering continues over time. If we are not willing to face our reality, addiction will manifest itself over and over again in other forms throughout our lives. Addiction is a numbing service, purchased to allow us to escape from facing our reality and dealing with our feelings. When we believe that recovery lies not in only eliminating the use of a substance but in having the consistent courage to naturally cope with life's stressors and process life’s traumas, that is when we evolve and become liberated.

03/05/2022

Mindfulness as a practice and strategy to treat and recover from addiction and other mental illnesses is being adopted rapidly by treatment centers and individual practices across the country. It makes clinical as well as logical sense that we would treat the mindlessness of addiction with mindfulness. Mindfulness is the opposite of addiction and thus it is also the most powerful long-term solution.

When we are mindful, we live and behave consciously and with awareness; we are intentional with our choices and our behavior is entirely deliberate; in a word, we are "present." Addiction cannot exist when we are mindful. As to be mindful is to be conscious and to be addicted is to be unconscious, you can only be one or the other, but not both.

03/05/2022

Understanding what you stand to gain by breaking an addiction can serve as a powerful tool to reinforce your sobriety. What are some of the best things you’ve gained by letting go of the chains holding you down?

03/03/2022

To believe our addiction is only to a specific substance or activity is a foolish belief that will confuse us as our suffering continues over time. If we are not willing to face our reality, addiction will manifest itself over and over again in other forms throughout our lives. Addiction is a numbing service, purchased to allow us to escape from facing our reality and dealing with our feelings. When we believe that recovery lies not in only eliminating the use of a substance but in having the consistent courage to naturally cope with life's stressors, that is when we evolve and become liberated.