Sobriety Tip #189

BE SELFLESS!

     Addiction of any sort is a selfish behavior.  Addictions override everything in your life to the point where you don't care about anything other than the addiction.  If you are going to be successful in breaking addiction you need to step outside of yourself and consider others first.  This process will allow you to focus on something other than yourself and your addiction.  You've got to break the chain of addiction and the way to take a link out of that chain is to do things for other people.  I tell you, you may not be able to put that pipe down or needle down or stop having multiple sex partners or drinking excessively at first, but if you start by thinking of other people and doing things for other people, it makes it easier to break the addiction!  You've got to give something in order to receive something!