Originally Posted by
Andre
Chris... booze is one of the biggest problems in life, not just on a forum. The power of substance abuse, can very seldom be understood by anyone who has not been personally touched by its consequences. I am one of the very fortunate ones that was able to identify my disease a long time ago, seek help and enjoy a far richer and fulfilled life without it. Save for a few minor relapses over the past few years, I have remained clean for a considerable time. Unfortunatly, my disease was a major contributor to the failure of my marriage, and to my losing almost everything I own in the process. Fortunately for me, I was able to identify it , and somehow found the courage to turn it around.
Please, i'm not pointing any fingers at anyone on the forum.... this is about me, and no one else.
Seems we both reached a similar destination Andre. My walk however was not alcohol related, it was something far more addictive and obsessive! Fishing had become my one and only priority in life! My life revolved around it,.....right down to the way I sniffed at the air in the morning. Everything else suffered as a result. The end result was the loss of everything.....it was all stripped from me, even the very thing that brought about my demise, my fishing. I've been clean for close on 5 years now!
"Innocence is a wild trout. But we humans, being complicated, have to pursue innocence in complex ways" - Datus Proper
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