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As a former addict, I agree wholeheartedly. My relationship with sugar — chocolate in my case — has changed. Although I’m much more in control and it doesn’t have the same consequences, I know there’s a part of me who wants to be “full”. In French, when we talk about someone who drinks a lot, we say “il biberonne”, i.e. more or less “he drinks with a baby feeding bottle”. That says it all.
When you’re sober, you start being aware of all these quirks and reflexes, I guess. And yes, we escape from ourselves, or some parts of ourselves to be precise. Recognizing them and managing them is the work we gotta do.
Our authentic selves, our real potential selves, I would say, are not the wounds, the pain, the addiction. They are underneath. The question I always have in mind is why we do this to ourselves in the first place.
Such a strong visual when someone says il biberonne. I love your last paragraph. The work is pealing those layers that have been forged over the years. Coming back. Changing that relationship we have with ourselves.
Thank you for commenting and sharing. Grateful. <3
Yes, addiction is part of the human experience. For many of us, as it was with me, substances give many of us a way out from thinking about what is happening in our lives at the moment that we don't want to cope with.
As a former addict, I agree wholeheartedly. My relationship with sugar — chocolate in my case — has changed. Although I’m much more in control and it doesn’t have the same consequences, I know there’s a part of me who wants to be “full”. In French, when we talk about someone who drinks a lot, we say “il biberonne”, i.e. more or less “he drinks with a baby feeding bottle”. That says it all.
When you’re sober, you start being aware of all these quirks and reflexes, I guess. And yes, we escape from ourselves, or some parts of ourselves to be precise. Recognizing them and managing them is the work we gotta do.
Our authentic selves, our real potential selves, I would say, are not the wounds, the pain, the addiction. They are underneath. The question I always have in mind is why we do this to ourselves in the first place.
Hi Nelian!
Such a strong visual when someone says il biberonne. I love your last paragraph. The work is pealing those layers that have been forged over the years. Coming back. Changing that relationship we have with ourselves.
Thank you for commenting and sharing. Grateful. <3
Yes, addiction is part of the human experience. For many of us, as it was with me, substances give many of us a way out from thinking about what is happening in our lives at the moment that we don't want to cope with.