05 août 2009
Nicotine addiction
Nicotine addiction is about living a life of lies, deceit and denial. Forgetting the amazingly
calm and quiet mind we once called home our "pay attention" pathways were fooled into
establishing a new number one priority in life, obtaining that next fix. We are drug addicts
in the truest sense.
We may forget to take our vitamin or medicine, procrastinate regarding work, skip meals,
miss-out on time with family, friends or romance, but we would not forget or fail to
respond to the bell for our next nicotine feeding.
Knowledge is key in our quest to return home.
Knowledge, some form of ongoing support
and an appreciation of the truth that just one powerful hit of nicotine all but assures relapse.
Like an alcoholic pretending they can have "just one sip," toying with true chemical
addiction as though it were some "nasty little habit" is a recipe for relapse.
As you’re about to learn, there is only one rule that governs recovery. We call it the "Law
of Addiction." Break the law and you lay to waste all of your effort and dreams of a life
free of nicotine. Abide by it and failure becomes impossible. Knowledge is power!